Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014	Jun. 30, 2015	Jun. 30, 2014
Income used in basic and diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated	$ 22.2	$ 41.6	$ 19.4	$ 51.4
Denominator (in millions)
Weighted-average number of common shares used in basic earnings per share	64.9	64.6	64.8	64.4
Effect of dilutive shares (1)	0.7	0.6	0.7	0.6
Weighted-average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share	65.6	65.2	65.5	65.0
Net income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.34	$ 0.64	$ 0.30	$ 0.80
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.34	$ 0.64	$ 0.30	$ 0.79
Anti-dilutive shares (in milllions)
Anti-dilutive shares not used in calculating diluted weighted-average	1.2	1.0	1.3	1.2