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Number of Shares Purchased to Receive Matching Share

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Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Monthly Contribution Per Employee, Amount

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Share-Based Plans (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Share-Based Plans (Details) - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
HSBC ShareMatch Plan [Member] \| Employee Stock Purchase Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Maximum monthly contribution per employee, amount	$ 325	$ 400	$ 420
Number of investment shares purchased to receive matching share (shares)	3
Number of matching shares awarded after purchase of investment shares (shares)	1
HSBC Group Share Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
Total compensation expense recognized	$ 2,000,000	$ 4,000,000	$ 5,000,000
Future compensation cost related to grants not yet fully vested	$ 3,000,000
Future compensation cost related to grants not yet fully vested, period for recognition	9 months
HSBC Group Share Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Key Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years
HSBC Group Share Plan [Member] \| Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Key Employees [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	5 years
Vesting for Matching Share [Member] \| HSBC Sharesave Plan - 3 Year [Member] \| Employee Stock Purchase Plans [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years