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Significant Accounting Policies - Exchange Rates for U.S. Dollars into Euros Applicable for Translation of NXP's Financial Statements (Detail) - € / $		Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Exchange rates for U.S. dollars into euros		1.1451	1.1932	1.0474
Average [Member]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Exchange rates for U.S. dollars into euros	[1]	1.1794	1.1310	1.1065
Maximum [Member]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Exchange rates for U.S. dollars into euros		1.1352	1.0474	1.0474
Minimum [Member]
Financial Statement Details [Line Items]
Exchange rates for U.S. dollars into euros		1.2431	1.1932	1.1423
[1] The average of the noon-buying rate at the end of each fiscal month during the period presented.

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Foreign exchange rate used to translate amounts denominated in functional currency to reporting currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 830
-SubTopic 30
-Section S99
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521

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