Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014
Income used in basic and diluted earnings per share:
Net income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated	$ 21.7	$ 33.1	$ 41.1	$ 84.5
Denominator (in millions)
Weighted-average number of common shares used in basic earnings per share	65.0	64.6	64.9	64.5
Effect of dilutive shares	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.6
Weighted-average number of shares used in diluted earnings per share	65.6	65.3	65.5	65.1
Net income attributable to Diebold, Incorporated
Basic earnings per share	$ 0.33	$ 0.51	$ 0.63	$ 1.31
Diluted earnings per share	$ 0.33	$ 0.51	$ 0.63	$ 1.30
Anti-dilutive shares (in milllions)
Anti-dilutive shares not used in calculating diluted weighted-average	1.5	0.9	1.5	1.2