Earnings (Loss) Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders - Schedule of Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Aug. 23, 2020	Aug. 25, 2019	Aug. 23, 2020	Aug. 25, 2019
Numerator:
Net income (loss) attributable to Levi Strauss & Co.	$ 27,049	$ 124,509	$ (183,811)	$ 299,316
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - basic (in shares)	397,711,322	394,169,688	397,010,522	387,289,913
Dilutive effect of stock awards (in shares)	9,966,063	19,470,061	0	20,554,223
Weighted-average common shares outstanding - diluted (in shares)	407,677,385	413,639,749	397,010,522	407,844,136
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Basic (usd per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.32	$ (0.46)	$ 0.77
Diluted (usd per share)	$ 0.07	$ 0.30	$ (0.46)	$ 0.73
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares)	3,214,295	0	0	0
Potentially Dilutive Securities
Earnings (loss) per common share attributable to common stockholders:
Anti-dilutive securities excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per share attributable to common stockholders (in shares)			25,800,000