Revenues from Services (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended					3 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011	Jun. 30, 2012		Jun. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2011		Mar. 31, 2012 Garanti Bank [Member]
Subsidiary Revenue From Services [Line Items]
Interest On Loans	$ 4,762		$ 5,017	$ 9,620		$ 10,157
Equipment leased to others	2,648		2,852	5,395		5,674
Fees	1,160		1,158	2,320		2,304
Investment Income	668		728	1,335		1,421
Financing leases	529		618	1,063		1,283
Premiums earned by insurance activities	416		491	861		972
Real estate investments	382		430	738		832
Associated companies	425		526	695		1,608
Other items	442		578	817		1,141
Revenues from services (Note 9)	11,432		12,398	22,844		25,392
Gain (Loss) on Sale of Equity Investments									690
Assets	558,804	[1]		558,804	[1]		584,536	[1]
Financing Receivable	273,984			273,984			288,847
Liabilities	478,218	[1]		478,218	[1]		506,736	[1]
Deposits	41,942			41,942			43,115
Revenues	10,592		11,522	21,317		23,530
Net earnings	$ 2,184		$ 1,868	$ 4,143		$ 3,723

[1] (a) Our consolidated assets at June 30, 2012 include total assets of $47,499 million of certain variable interest entities (VIEs) that can only be used to settle the liabilities of those VIEs. These assets include net financing receivables of $38,554 million and investment securities of $4,874 million. Our consolidated liabilities at June 30, 2012 include liabilities of certain VIEs for which the VIE creditors do not have recourse to GECC. These liabilities include non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities (CSEs) of $29,796 million. See Note 13.