Revenues from Services (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended		3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013	Jun. 30, 2014		Jun. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013		Jun. 30, 2013 Brazilian Company [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Brazilian Company [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Sale Of Rockefeller Center [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Significant Associated Companies [Member]	Jun. 30, 2013 Significant Associated Companies [Member]	Jun. 30, 2014 Significant Associated Companies [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Significant Associated Companies [Member]
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Interest On Loans	$ 4,305		$ 4,421	$ 8,562		$ 8,911
Equipment leased to others	2,436		2,433	5,097		4,962
Fees	1,121		1,161	2,235		2,290
Investment Income	613		574	1,169		988
Financing leases	341		389	730		825
Premiums earned by insurance activities	380		410	733		806
Real estate investments	357		508	700		1,808
Associated companies	300		274	673		446
Other items	360		715	802		1,291
Revenues from services (Note 9)	10,213		10,885	20,701		22,327
Net other-than-temporary impairments on investment securities			96			96
Guarantee Provided By Parent Offset									96	96
Assets	509,568	[1]		509,568	[1]		516,829	[1]				89,249		89,249	84,305
Financing Receivable, Net	241,696			241,696			253,029					49,562		49,562	46,655
Liabilities	423,420	[1]		423,420	[1]		433,703	[1]				62,158		62,158	59,559
Deposits	58,140			58,140			53,361					6,712		6,712	5,876
Debt												40,139		40,139	39,034
Revenues	10,247		10,916	20,762		22,384						3,670	4,503	7,214	8,513
Net earnings	1,721		2,454	3,815		4,507						599	795	1,035	1,360
Gain on Sale of Investments											$ 902

[1] (a)        Our consolidated assets at June 30, 2014 included total assets of $49,729 million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets included net financing receivables of $42,949 million and investment securities of $3,722 million. Our consolidated liabilities at June 30, 2014 included liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GECC. These liabilities included non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $28,651 million. See Note 12.