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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc.
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate May 01, 2017
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading T. Rowe Price
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund

Investor Class

I Class

Advisor Class

SUMMARY
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The fund seeks to provide high current income and,
Objective, Secondary [Text Block] rr_ObjectiveSecondaryTextBlock secondarily, capital appreciation.
Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund. You may also incur brokerage commissions and other charges when buying or selling shares of the fund, which are not reflected in the table.
Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Fees and Expenses of the Fund

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual fund operating expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a
percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when the fund’s shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 130.9% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 130.90%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that your investment has a 5% return each year, and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. The example also assumes that an expense limitation currently in place is not renewed; therefore, the figures have been adjusted to reflect fee waivers or expense reimbursements only in the periods for which the expense limitation arrangement is expected to continue. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Investments, Risks, and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock The fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) in bonds that are issued by companies that are located or listed in, or conduct the predominant part of their business activities in, the emerging market countries of Latin America, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The fund considers frontier markets to be a subset of emerging markets and any investments in frontier markets will be counted toward the fund’s 80% investment policy. The fund relies on JP Morgan or the International Monetary Fund to determine which countries are emerging markets.

While it is expected that the securities held by the fund will primarily be U.S. dollar-denominated, the fund may also hold securities denominated in emerging market currencies and other non-U.S. currencies. The fund does not generally attempt to cushion the impact of non-U.S. currency fluctuations against the U.S. dollar. Although the fund expects to generally maintain an intermediate-term weighted average maturity, there are no maturity restrictions on the overall portfolio or on individual securities purchased by the fund.

Most of the fund’s investments are expected to be rated below investment grade (BB or lower, or an equivalent rating) by a major credit rating agency or by T. Rowe Price. However, the fund may purchase bonds of any credit quality and there are no overall limits on the fund’s holdings that are unrated or rated below investment grade. Investments in below investment-grade corporate bonds, also known as “junk” bonds, should be considered speculative.

The fund may sell holdings for a variety of reasons, such as to alter geographic or currency exposure, to adjust the portfolio’s average maturity, duration, or credit quality or to shift assets into and out of higher-yielding or lower-yielding securities.
Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the fund will achieve its objective. The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund. The principal risks of investing in this fund are summarized as follows:

Active management risks The investment adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value, or potential appreciation of the fund’s investments may prove to be incorrect. If the investments selected and strategies employed by the fund fail to produce the intended results, the fund could underperform in comparison to other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.

Fixed income markets risks Economic and other market developments can adversely affect fixed income securities markets. At times, participants in these markets may develop concerns about the ability of certain issuers of debt securities to make timely principal and interest payments, or they may develop concerns about the ability of financial institutions that make markets in certain debt securities to facilitate an orderly market. Those concerns could cause increased volatility and reduced liquidity in particular securities or in the overall fixed income markets and the related derivatives markets. A lack of liquidity or other adverse credit market conditions may hamper the fund’s ability to sell the debt securities in which it invests or to find and purchase suitable debt instruments.

International investing risks Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. International securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities and may lose value because of adverse local, political, social, or economic developments overseas, or due to changes in the exchange rates between foreign currencies and the U.S. dollar. In addition, international investments are subject to settlement practices and regulatory and financial reporting standards that differ from those of the U.S.

Emerging markets risks The risks of international investing are heightened for securities of issuers in emerging market countries. Emerging market countries tend to have economic structures that are less diverse and mature, and political systems that are less stable, than those of developed countries. In addition to all of the risks of investing in international developed markets, emerging markets are more susceptible to governmental interference, local taxes being imposed on international investments, restrictions on gaining access to sales proceeds, and less liquid and less efficient trading markets.

Frontier markets, considered by the fund to be a subset of emerging markets, generally have smaller economies and less mature capital markets than emerging markets. As a result, the risks of investing in emerging market countries are magnified in frontier market countries. Frontier markets are more susceptible to abrupt changes in currency values, less mature markets and settlement practices, and lower trading volumes that could lead to greater price volatility and illiquidity.

Currency risks Although the fund primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated bonds of emerging markets issuers, the fund may invest in securities issued in foreign currencies and is therefore subject to the risks that it could experience losses based solely on the weakness of those foreign currencies versus the U.S. dollar and changes in the exchange rates between such currencies and the U.S. dollar.

Credit risks An issuer of a debt security could suffer an adverse change in financial condition that results in a payment default, rating downgrade, or inability to meet a financial obligation.

Junk bond risks The risks of default are much greater for emerging market bonds and securities rated as below investment grade (“junk” bonds). The fund is exposed to greater credit risk than other bond funds because companies in emerging markets are usually not as strong financially and are more susceptible to economic downturns. Junk bonds should be considered speculative as they carry greater risks of default and erratic price swings due to real or perceived changes in the credit quality of the issuer.

Interest rate risks Interest rates may increase, causing a decline in bond prices (bond prices and interest rates usually move in opposite directions). Generally, securities with longer maturities or durations, and funds with longer weighted average maturities or durations, carry greater interest rate risk.

Portfolio turnover risks The fund may actively and frequently trade its portfolio securities or other instruments to carry out its investment strategies. High portfolio turnover may adversely affect the fund’s performance and increase transaction costs, which could increase the fund’s expenses. High portfolio turnover may also result in the distribution of higher capital gains when compared to a fund with less active trading policies, which could have an adverse tax impact if the fund’s shares are held in a taxable account.

Liquidity risks The fund may not be able to sell a holding in a timely manner at a desired price. Reduced liquidity in the bond markets can result from a number of events, such as significant trading activity, reductions in bond inventory, and rapid or unexpected changes in interest rates. Less liquid markets could lead to greater price volatility and limit the fund's ability to sell a holding at a suitable price.
Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney The fund’s share price fluctuates, which means you could lose money by investing in the fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.

The following bar chart illustrates how much returns can differ from year to year by showing calendar year returns and the best and worst calendar quarter returns during those years for the fund’s Investor Class. Returns for other share classes vary since they have different expenses.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The following performance information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the fund.

The following bar chart illustrates how much returns can differ from year to year by showing calendar year returns and the best and worst calendar quarter returns during those years for the fund’s Investor Class. Returns for other share classes vary since they have different expenses.

The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year, and also compares the returns with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund.
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress troweprice.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture The fund’s performance information represents only past performance (before and after taxes) and is not necessarily an indication of future results.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund
Calendar Year Returns
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock
           Quarter Ended        Total Return     Quarter Ended        Total Return
Best Quarter             3/31/16           4.71%    Worst Quarter       6/30/13         -5.33%
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended
December 31, 2016
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or individual retirement account.
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and will differ for other share classes.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock The following table shows the average annual total returns for each class of the fund that has been in operation for at least one full calendar year, and also compares the returns with the returns of a relevant broad-based market index, as well as with the returns of one or more comparative indexes that have investment characteristics similar to those of the fund.

In addition, the table shows hypothetical after-tax returns to demonstrate how taxes paid by a shareholder may influence returns. After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown. After-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as a 401(k) account or individual retirement account. After-tax returns are shown only for the Investor Class and will differ for other share classes.
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock Updated performance information is available through troweprice.com.
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 90 days or less) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption 2.00%
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee $ 20 [1]
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.79%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.57%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.36%
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.21%) [2]
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.15% [2]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination April 30, 2019
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 117
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 388
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 703
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,597
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 (1.72%)
2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 3.14%
2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 (0.67%)
2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 11.27%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Mar. 31, 2016
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 4.71%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2013
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (5.33%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 11.27%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 5.09%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 90 days or less) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption 2.00%
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.79%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.55% [3]
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.34%
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.50%) [3]
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 0.84% [3]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination April 30, 2018
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 86
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 375
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 686
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,569
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 11.61%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 11.18%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 17, 2015
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Redemption fee (as a percentage of amount redeemed on shares held for 90 days or less) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption 2.00%
Maximum account fee rr_MaximumAccountFee
Management fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 0.79%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.71%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.75%
Fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.50%) [4]
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver/expense reimbursement rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.25% [4]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination April 30, 2019
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 127
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 451
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 853
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,977
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 11.05%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 4.96%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 9.17%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 3.08%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 6.34%
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 3.00%
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad Diversified (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 9.65%
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad Diversified (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 5.37% [5]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad Diversified (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 9.34% [6]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 17, 2015
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | J.P. Morgan Corporate Emerging Market Bond Index Broad Diversified (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 5.37% [5]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 24, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Lipper Emerging Market Hard Currency Debt Funds Average  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 10.81%
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Lipper Emerging Market Hard Currency Debt Funds Average | Investor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 3.49% [7]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 31, 2012
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Lipper Emerging Market Hard Currency Debt Funds Average | I Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.81% [8]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 31, 2015
T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund | Lipper Emerging Market Hard Currency Debt Funds Average | Advisor Class  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Since inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 3.49% [7]
Inception date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate May 31, 2012
[1] Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.
[2] T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has agreed (through April 30, 2019) to waive its fees and/or bear any expenses (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage; extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses) that would cause the class' ratio of expenses to average daily net assets to exceed 1.15%. The agreement may be terminated at any time beyond April 30, 2019, with approval by the fund's Board of Directors. Fees waived and expenses paid under this agreement (and a previous limitation of 1.15%) are subject to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., by the fund whenever the class' expense ratio is below 1.15%. However, no reimbursement will be made more than three years after the waiver or payment, or if it would result in the expense ratio exceeding 1.15% (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage; extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses).
[3] T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has agreed (through April 30, 2018) to pay the operating expenses of the fund's I Class excluding management fees; interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage; nonrecurring, extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses ("I Class Operating Expenses"), to the extent the I Class Operating Expenses exceed 0.05% of the class' average daily net assets. Any expenses paid under this agreement are subject to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., by the fund whenever the fund's I Class Operating Expenses are below 0.05%. However, no reimbursement will be made more than three years after the payment of the I Class Operating Expenses or if such reimbursement would cause the fund's I Class Operating Expenses to exceed 0.05%. The agreement may be terminated at any time beyond April 30, 2018, with approval by the fund's Board of Directors.
[4] T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., has agreed (through April 30, 2019) to waive its fees and/or bear any expenses (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage; extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses) that would cause the class' ratio of expenses to average daily net assets to exceed 1.25%. The agreement may be terminated at any time beyond April 30, 2019, with approval by the fund's Board of Directors. Fees waived and expenses paid under this agreement (and a previous limitation of 1.25%) are subject to reimbursement to T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., by the fund whenever the class' expense ratio is below 1.25%. However, no reimbursement will be made more than three years after the waiver or payment, or if it would result in the expense ratio exceeding 1.25% (excluding interest; expenses related to borrowings, taxes and brokerage; extraordinary expenses; and acquired fund fees and expenses).
[5] Return as of 5/24/12.
[6] Return as of 12/17/15.
[7] Return as of 5/31/12.
[8] Return as of 12/31/15.