EARNINGS PER SHARE AND PER UNIT - Antidilutive Securities (Details) - shares	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023	Mar. 31, 2022
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive unit equivalents excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per unit (in shares)	64,667	254
Rayonier Limited Partnership
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Anti-dilutive unit equivalents excluded from the computations of diluted earnings per unit (in shares)	64,667	254

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=124432515&loc=d3e3550-109257

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