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Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc.
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Mar. 01, 2014
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund
  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading SUMMARY

T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock The fund seeks long-term growth of capital through investments primarily in the common stocks of rapidly growing, small- to medium-sized companies outside the U.S.
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.
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 fund 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 50.5% of the average value of its portfolio.
Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 50.50%
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. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same. 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 expects to invest substantially all of its assets outside the U.S. and to diversify broadly among developed and emerging countries throughout the world. The fund will emphasize investing in small- to medium-sized companies. Depending on market conditions, the fund’s portfolio should be composed of investments in at least 10 countries and 100 different companies. Normally, at least 80% of the fund’s net assets (including any borrowings for investment purposes) will be invested in stocks.

While the fund invests with an awareness of the global economic backdrop and the outlook for industry sectors and individual countries, bottom-up stock selection is the focus of our decision-making. Country allocation is driven largely by stock selection, though we may limit investments in markets that appear to have poor overall prospects.

Security selection reflects a growth style. The fund relies on a global team of investment analysts dedicated to in-depth fundamental research in an effort to identify companies capable of achieving and sustaining above-average, long-term earnings growth. We seek to purchase stocks of such companies at reasonable prices in relation to present or anticipated earnings, cash flow, or book value.

In selecting investments, the fund generally favors companies with one or more of the following characteristics:
  • leading or improving market position;
  • attractive business niche;
  • attractive or improving franchise or industry position;
  • seasoned management;
  • stable or improving earnings and/or cash flow; and
  • sound or improving balance sheet.
The fund may sell securities for a variety of reasons, such as to secure gains, limit losses, or redeploy assets into more promising opportunities.
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 risk The fund is subject to the risk that the investment adviser's judgments about the attractiveness, value, or potential appreciation of the fund's investments may prove to be incorrect. If the securities selected and strategies employed by the fund fail to produce the intended results, the fund could underperform other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.

Risks of stock investing Stocks generally fluctuate in value more than bonds and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is a chance that stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles, with periods of rising prices and falling prices. The value of a stock in which the fund invests may decline due to general weakness in the stock market or because of factors that affect a company or a particular industry.

International investing risk Investing in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in U.S. companies. International securities tend to be more volatile and less liquid than investments in U.S. securities, and may lose value because of adverse 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 risk 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 efficient trading markets.

Small- and mid-cap stock risk Because the fund invests primarily in small- and medium-sized companies, its share price could be more volatile than a fund that invests only in large companies. Small- and medium-sized companies often have less experienced management, narrower product lines, more limited financial resources, and less publicly available information than larger companies. Smaller companies may have limited trading markets and tend to be more sensitive to changes in overall economic conditions.

Investment style risk Different investment styles tend to shift in and out of favor, depending on market conditions and investor sentiment. The fund's growth approach to investing could cause it to underperform other stock funds that employ a different investment style. Growth stocks tend to be more volatile than certain other types of stocks and their prices usually fluctuate more dramatically than the overall stock market. A stock with growth characteristics can have sharp price declines due to decreases in current or expected earnings and may lack dividends that can help cushion its share price in a declining market.
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 bar chart showing calendar year returns and the average annual total returns table indicate risk by illustrating how much returns can differ from one year to the next and how fund performance compares with that of a comparable market index. The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future performance.

The fund can also experience short-term performance swings, as shown by the best and worst calendar quarter returns during the years depicted.
Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart showing calendar year returns and the average annual total returns table indicate risk by illustrating how much returns can differ from one year to the next and how fund performance compares with that of a comparable market index.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 1-800-225-5132
Performance Availability Website Address [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress troweprice.com
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture The fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of future performance.
Bar Chart [Heading] rr_BarChartHeading International Discovery Fund
Calendar Year Returns
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

  Quarter Total
Ended Return
Best Quarter 6/30/09 36.97%
Worst Quarter 12/31/08 -25.11%
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended
December 31, 2013
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 Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock In addition, the average annual total returns table shows hypothetical after-tax returns to suggest 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.
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock Updated performance information is available through troweprice.com or may be obtained by calling 1-800-225-5132.
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund
  
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Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
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 1.05%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.18%
Total annual fund operating expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.23%
1 year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 125
3 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 390
5 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 676
10 years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,489
2004 rr_AnnualReturn2004 23.76%
2005 rr_AnnualReturn2005 27.89%
2006 rr_AnnualReturn2006 27.65%
2007 rr_AnnualReturn2007 16.57%
2008 rr_AnnualReturn2008 (49.93%)
2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 55.69%
2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 20.47%
2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (14.08%)
2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 26.00%
2013 rr_AnnualReturn2013 24.37%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 36.97%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Dec. 31, 2008
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (25.11%)
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 24.37%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 20.35%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 11.53%
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions | T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 23.41%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 19.91%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.87%
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | Returns after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares | T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 14.30%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 16.64%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.64%
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | S&P Global ex-U.S. Small Cap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 20.71%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 18.27%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.40%
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | MSCI EAFE Small Cap Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 29.69%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 18.89%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 9.85%
T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund | Lipper International Small/Mid-Cap Growth Funds Average
  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 25.75%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 19.72%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.42%
[1] Subject to certain exceptions, accounts with a balance of less than $10,000 are charged an annual $20 fee.