Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (SEC Filing Page | XBRL Cloud Viewer | XBRL Instance)

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8 Document Type Concept (Submission Type) For Period dei:DocumentType
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15 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
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23 Accounts receivable and other Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
24 Inventory Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
25 Current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
26 Property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
27 Intangible assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
28 Investments in associates and joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
29 Investment properties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentProperty
30 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
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32 Other assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentAssets
33 Deferred income tax asset Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
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46 Deferred income tax liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
47 Preferred shares Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:PreferredShares
48 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
49 Partnership capital Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
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51 General partner Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:GeneralPartnersCapitalAccount1
52 Non-controlling interest attributable to: Abstract bip:NoncontrollingInterestsAbstract
53 Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount1
54 Non-controlling interest, Exchange LP units, equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:NoncontrollinginterestExchangeLPunitsequity
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56 Preferred unitholders Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:PreferredUnitholdersCapitalAccount
57 Total partnership capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
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64 General and administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
65 Depreciation and amortization expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
66 Profit (loss) from operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
67 Interest expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpense
68 Share of (losses) earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
69 Mark-to-market on hedging items Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnChangeInFairValueOfDerivatives
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71 Other income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherIncome
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75 Deferred Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
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77 Attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToAbstract
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79 General partner Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:NetIncomeLossAllocatedtoGeneralPartners1
80 Non-controlling interest attributable to: Abstract bip:NoncontrollingInterestsAbstract
81 Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:NoncontrollingInterestInNetIncomeLossLimitedPartnershipsRedeemable1
82 Non-controlling Interest In Net Income (Loss), Exchange LP Units Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:NoncontrollingInterestInNetIncomeLossExchangeLPUnits
83 Interest of others in operating subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:NoncontrollingInterestInNetIncomeLossOtherNoncontrollingInterests
84 Basic and diluted earnings (loss) per unit attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareAbstract
85 Limited partners Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicAndDilutedEarningsLossPerShare
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91 Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
92 Revaluation of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxGainsLossesOnRevaluation
93 Available-for-sale securities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
94 Unrealized actuarial gains (losses) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxGainsLossesOnRemeasurementsOfDefinedBenefitPlans
95 Taxes on the above items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLoss
96 Share of income from investments in associates and joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethodThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
97 Other comprehensive income that will not be reclassified to profit or loss, net of tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillNotBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
98 Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
99 Foreign currency translation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
100 Cash flow hedge Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxCashFlowHedges
101 Net investment hedge Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeBeforeTaxHedgesOfNetInvestmentsInForeignOperations
102 Taxes on the above items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLoss
103 Share of income (losses) from investments in associates and joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethodThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
104 Other comprehensive income that will be reclassified to profit or loss, net of tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
105 Total other comprehensive (loss) income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
106 Comprehensive (loss) income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
107 Attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToAbstract
108 Limited partners Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToLimitedPartner
109 General partner Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToGeneralPartner
110 Non-controlling interest attributable to: Abstract bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestsAbstract
111 Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestLimitedPartnershipsRedeemable
112 Comprehensive Income (Loss), Portion Attributable To Non-controlling Interest, Exchange LP Units Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToNoncontrollingInterestExchangeLPUnits
113 Interest of others in operating subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:ComprehensiveIncomeLossPortionAttributableToOtherNoncontrollingInterests
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124 Partners' capital Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
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131 Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward] Abstract bip:IncreaseDecreaseinPartnersCapitalRollForward
132 Balance as Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
133 Cumulative Effect of New Accounting Principle in Period of Adoption Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:CumulativeEffectofNewAccountingPrincipleinPeriodofAdoption
134 Equity, Adjusted Balance, Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:EquityAdjustedBalanceTotal
135 Net income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
136 Other comprehensive income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
137 Comprehensive (loss) income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
138 Unit issuance (note 26) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
139 Repurchased and cancelled Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:RepurchaseOfEquity
140 Partnership distributions (note 28) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsPaid
141 Partnership preferred distributions (note 28) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:DividendsPreferredStockCash1
142 Acquisition of subsidiaries (note 6) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughAcquisitionOfSubsidiary
143 Subsidiary distributions to non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:DecreaseFromSubsidiaryDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterest
144 Decrease From Subsidiary Returns of Capital To Non-controlling Interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:DecreaseFromSubsidiaryReturnsofCapitalToNoncontrollingInterest
145 Disposition of interests (note 11) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:DecreaseIncreaseinPartnersCapitalFromDispositionOfInterests
146 Other items (note 27) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersAndOtherChangesEquity
147 Balance as Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
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153 Adjusted for the following items: Abstract ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
154 Earnings from investments in associates and joint ventures, net of distributions received Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForUndistributedProfitsOfInvestmentsAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
155 Depreciation and amortization expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
156 Mark-to-market on hedging items, provisions and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForGainsLossesOnChangeInFairValueOfDerivatives
157 Gain (Loss) on Disposition of Business Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:GainLossonDispositionofBusiness
158 Deferred income tax expense (recovery) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDeferredTaxExpense
159 Changes in non-cash working capital, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapital
160 Cash from operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
161 Investing Activities Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
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163 Disposal of subsidiaries, net of cash disposed Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromLosingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
164 Additions of investments in associates and joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfInterestsInInvestmentsAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
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170 Net settlement of foreign exchange hedging items Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashReceiptsFromFutureContractsForwardContractsOptionContractsAndSwapContractsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
171 Cash used by investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
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174 Distributions to other unitholders Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:DividendsPaidToOtherUnitholders
175 Subsidiary distributions to non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToNoncontrollingInterestsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
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177 Capital provided to non-controlling interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:CapitalProvidedToNoncontrollingInterest
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179 Repayment of corporate borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
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184 Repayment of other financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:OtherOutflowsOfCashClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
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188 Cash from financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
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191 Impact of foreign exchange on cash Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
192 Balance, beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
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266 2119100 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS Network

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1002 2412406 - Disclosure - INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES AND JOINT VENTURES - Cash Flows Impact of Investments (Details) Network

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1055 2413404 - Disclosure - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Valuation Technique (Details) Network

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1080 2413405 - Disclosure - PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Cost Model (Details) Network

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1090 2414402 - Disclosure - INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Net Amounts (Details) Network

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1149 2414406 - Disclosure - INTANGIBLE ASSETS - Accumulated Amortization (Details) Network

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1170 2416402 - Disclosure - INVESTMENT PROPERTIES (Details) Network

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1211 2418402 - Disclosure - FINANCIAL LIABILITIES (Details) Network

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1224 2419402 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1264 2419403 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Corporate Borrowings (Details) Network

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1284 2419404 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Non-Recourse Borrowings (Details) Network

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1293 2419405 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Repayments on Non-Recourse Borrowings (Details) Network

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1318 2419406 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Weighted Average Interest Rate (Details) Network

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1354 2419408 - Disclosure - BORROWINGS - Supplemental Cash Flows (Details) Network

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1367 2420402 - Disclosure - SUBSIDIARY PUBLIC ISSUERS - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1406 2420403 - Disclosure - SUBSIDIARY PUBLIC ISSUERS - Financial Information (Details) Network

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1417 Revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1418 Net income attributable to partnership Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:NetIncomeLossAttributableToPartnership
1419 Statement of financial position [abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:StatementOfFinancialPositionAbstract
1420 Current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1421 Non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1422 Current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
1423 Non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
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1425 Non-controlling interest, Exchange LP units, equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:NoncontrollinginterestExchangeLPunitsequity
1426 Non-controlling interests—in operating subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:OtherNoncontrollingInterests1
1427 Preferred unitholders Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:PreferredUnitholdersCapitalAccount
1428 2422401 - Disclosure - PREFERRED SHARES (Details) Network

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1429 Disclosure of classes of share capital [table] Table

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1430 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1431 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1432 Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. Member bip:BrookfieldInfrastructureHoldingsCanadaInc.Member
1433 Brookfield Infrastructure US Holdings I Corporation Member bip:BrookfieldInfrastructureUSHoldingsICorporationMember
1434 BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited Member bip:BIPBermudaHoldingsILimitedMember
1435 Brookfield Infrastructure Holdings (Canada) Inc. and BIP Bermuda Holdings I Limited Member bip:BrookfieldInfrastructureHoldingsCanadaInc.andBIPBermudaHoldingsILimitedMember
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1437 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
1438 Preferred shares Member bip:PreferredShareMember
1439 Preference shares Member ifrs-full:PreferenceSharesMember
1440 Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfClassesOfShareCapitalLineItems
1441 Number of shares issued Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
1442 Preferred shares Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:PreferredShares
1443 Redemption price per share Concept (Share) As Of bip:PreferredStockRedemptionPricePerShare1
1444 Expected dividend payable as percentage Concept (Percent) As Of bip:DividendsPayableFixedCumulativeRate
1445 Dividend payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DividendPayables
1446 2423402 - Disclosure - INTEREST EXPENSE (Details) Network

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1447 Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [table] Table

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1448 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1449 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
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1451 Interest on corporate debt Member bip:CorporateDebtMember
1452 Interest on non-recourse borrowings Member bip:NonRecourseBorrowingsMember
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1454 Interest Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnBorrowings
1455 Interest expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpense
1456 Other financing fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnOtherFinancialLiabilities
1457 2424401 - Disclosure - PAYROLL EXPENSE (Details) Network

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1458 Payroll Expense [Table] Table

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1459 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1460 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1462 Payroll Expense [Line Items] LineItems bip:PayrollExpenseLineItems
1463 Directors' remuneration expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DirectorsRemunerationExpense
1464 2425402 - Disclosure - NON-WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES - Summarized Statement of Financial Position (Details) Network

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1465 Disclosure of subsidiaries [table] Table

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1466 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
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1470 Australian regulated terminal operation Member bip:AustralianRegulatedTerminalOperationMember
1471 Colombian regulated distribution operation Member bip:ColombianRegulatedDistributionOperationMember
1472 Brazilian regulated gas transmission operation Member bip:BrazilianRegulatedGasTransmissionOperationMember
1473 Colombian Gas Distribution Operation [Member] Member bip:ColombianGasDistributionOperationMember
1474 U.K. port operation Member bip:U.K.PortOperationMember
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1476 Chilean toll roads Member bip:ChileanTollRoadsMember
1477 Peruvian toll roads Member bip:PeruvianTollRoadsMember
1478 Indian toll roads Member bip:IndianTollRoadsMember
1479 North American gas storage operation Member bip:NorthAmericanGasStorageOperationMember
1480 Canadian district energy operation Member bip:CanadianDistrictEnergyOperationMember
1481 U.S. district energy operation Member bip:U.S.DistrictEnergyOperationMember
1482 Western Canadian Natural Gas Gathering and Processing Operation [Member] Member bip:WesternCanadianNaturalGasGatheringandProcessingOperationMember
1483 North American Residential Energy Infrastructure Operation [Member] Member bip:NorthAmericanResidentialEnergyInfrastructureOperationMember
1484 U.S. Data Center Operation [Member] Member bip:U.S.DataCenterOperationMember
1485 Holding LP and other Member bip:HoldingLPandotherMember
1486 Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesLineItems
1487 Current Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1488 Non-Current Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1489 Current Liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
1490 Non-Current Liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
1491 Non-Controlling Interest in Operating Subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
1492 Partnership Capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
1493 2425403 - Disclosure - NON-WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES - Summarized Statement of Operations (Details) Network

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1494 Disclosure of subsidiaries [table] Table

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1495 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
1496 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
1497 Non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries Member bip:NonWhollyOwnedSubsidiariesMember
1498 U.K. regulated distribution operation Member bip:U.K.RegulatedDistributionOperationMember
1499 Australian regulated terminal operation Member bip:AustralianRegulatedTerminalOperationMember
1500 Colombian regulated distribution operation Member bip:ColombianRegulatedDistributionOperationMember
1501 Brazilian regulated gas transmission operation Member bip:BrazilianRegulatedGasTransmissionOperationMember
1502 Colombian Gas Distribution Operation [Member] Member bip:ColombianGasDistributionOperationMember
1503 U.K. port operation Member bip:U.K.PortOperationMember
1504 Australian port operation Member bip:AustralianPortsOperationMember
1505 Chilean toll roads Member bip:ChileanTollRoadsMember
1506 Brazilian toll roads Member bip:BrazilianTollRoadMember
1507 Peruvian toll roads Member bip:PeruvianTollRoadsMember
1508 Indian toll roads Member bip:IndianTollRoadsMember
1509 North American gas storage operation Member bip:NorthAmericanGasStorageOperationMember
1510 Canadian district energy operation Member bip:CanadianDistrictEnergyOperationMember
1511 U.S. district energy operation Member bip:U.S.DistrictEnergyOperationMember
1512 Western Canadian Natural Gas Gathering and Processing Operation [Member] Member bip:WesternCanadianNaturalGasGatheringandProcessingOperationMember
1513 North American Residential Energy Infrastructure Operation [Member] Member bip:NorthAmericanResidentialEnergyInfrastructureOperationMember
1514 U.S. Data Center Operation [Member] Member bip:U.S.DataCenterOperationMember
1515 Holding LP and other Member bip:HoldingLPandotherMember
1516 Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesLineItems
1517 Revenues Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1518 Attributable to non-controlling interest, Net Income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
1519 Attributable to non-controlling interest, Other Comprehensive Income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
1520 Net income (loss) attributable to partnership Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:NetIncomeLossAttributableToPartnership
1521 Attributable to unitholders, Other Comprehensive Income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToOwnersOfParent
1522 2425404 - Disclosure - NON-WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARIES - Summarized Cash Flow Activities (Details) Network

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1523 Disclosure of subsidiaries [table] Table

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1524 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
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1530 Brazilian regulated gas transmission operation Member bip:BrazilianRegulatedGasTransmissionOperationMember
1531 Colombian Gas Distribution Operation [Member] Member bip:ColombianGasDistributionOperationMember
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1533 Australian port operation Member bip:AustralianPortsOperationMember
1534 Chilean toll roads Member bip:ChileanTollRoadsMember
1535 Brazilian toll roads Member bip:BrazilianTollRoadMember
1536 Peruvian toll roads Member bip:PeruvianTollRoadsMember
1537 Indian toll roads Member bip:IndianTollRoadsMember
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1539 Canadian district energy operation Member bip:CanadianDistrictEnergyOperationMember
1540 U.S. district energy operation Member bip:U.S.DistrictEnergyOperationMember
1541 Western Canadian Natural Gas Gathering and Processing Operation [Member] Member bip:WesternCanadianNaturalGasGatheringandProcessingOperationMember
1542 North American Residential Energy Infrastructure Operation [Member] Member bip:NorthAmericanResidentialEnergyInfrastructureOperationMember
1543 U.S. Data Center Operation [Member] Member bip:U.S.DataCenterOperationMember
1544 Holding LP and other Member bip:HoldingLPandotherMember
1545 Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesLineItems
1546 Cash Flow Activities, Operating Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
1547 Cash Flow Activities, Investing Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
1548 Cash Flow Activities, Financing Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
1549 2426402 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES - Deferred Income Tax Balances (Details) Network

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1550 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1552 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1553 Tax losses carried forward Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
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1555 Intangible assets Member bip:IntangibleAssetsMember
1556 Financial instruments and other Member bip:FinancialInstrumentsAndOtherMember
1557 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
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1559 Deferred income tax liabilities, gross Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesGross
1560 Deferred income tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
1561 Deferred income tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1562 Net deferred income tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1563 2426403 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES - Deferred Tax Balances and Movement (Details) Network

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1564 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1565 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
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1567 Deferred income tax assets related to non-capital losses and capital losses Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
1568 Deferred income tax liabilities related to differences in tax and book basis, net Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceMember
1569 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1570 Reconciliation of changes in deferred tax liability (asset) [abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:ReconciliationOfChangesInDeferredTaxLiabilityAssetAbstract
1571 Net deferred income tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1572 Net Income Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1573 Other Comprehensive Income Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
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1575 Acquisitions (Dispositions) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughBusinessCombinationsDeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1576 Net deferred income tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1577 2426404 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1578 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1579 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1580 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1581 Capital Losses Member bip:CapitalLossesMember
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1587 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1588 Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:DeductibleTemporaryDifferencesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetIsRecognised
1589 Temporary differences associated with investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures for which deferred tax liabilities have not been recognised Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferencesAssociatedWithInvestmentsInSubsidiariesBranchesAndAssociatesAndInterestsInJointVentures
1590 2426405 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES - Income Tax Recognized in Profit or Loss (Details) Network

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1591 Implied Table Table

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1592 Income Taxes [Abstract] Abstract bip:IncomeTaxesAbstract
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1594 Origination and reversal of temporary differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRelatingToOriginationAndReversalOfTemporaryDifferences
1595 Changes in tax rates or the imposition of new taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRelatingToTaxRateChangesOrImpositionOfNewTaxes
1596 Previously unrecognized deferred taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TaxBenefitArisingFromPreviouslyUnrecognisedTaxLossTaxCreditOrTemporaryDifferenceOfPriorPeriodUsedToReduceDeferredTaxExpense
1597 Net income before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AccountingProfit
1598 Income tax expense calculated at the domestic rates applicable to profits in the country concerned Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
1599 Change in substantively enacted tax rates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
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1601 Portion of gains subject to different tax rates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:Portionofgainssubjecttodifferenttaxrates
1602 Taxable income attributable to non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:Taxableincomeattributabletononcontrollinginterests
1603 International operations subject to different tax rates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfForeignTaxRates
1604 Deferred tax assets not recognized Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:TaxEffectOfUnrecognizedDeferredTaxAssets
1605 Permanent differences and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:TaxEffectOfOtherPermanentDifferences
1606 Total income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1607 2426406 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES - Income Tax Recognized Directly in Other Comprehensive Income (Details) Network

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1608 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [table] Table

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1609 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1610 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1611 Revaluation of property, plant and equipment Member bip:RevaluationOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1612 Cash flow hedges Member ifrs-full:CashFlowHedgesMember
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1614 Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsLineItems
1615 Total income tax expense recognized directly in other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1616 2427402 - Disclosure - PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL - Additional Information (Details) Network

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1617 Schedule of Partnership Units [Table] Table

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1623 Partner Type 1 [Domain] Member bip:PartnerType1Domain
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1625 Limited Partners Member bip:LimitedPartners1Member
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1627 Non-controlling Interest - Exchange LP Units, equity [Member] Member bip:NoncontrollingInterestExchangeLPUnitsequityMember
1628 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1629 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1630 Partners' capital Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
1631 Preferred Unitholders Capital Member bip:PreferredUnitholdersCapitalMember
1632 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1633 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1635 Classes of share capital [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalAxis
1636 Share capital [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfShareCapitalMember
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1661 Unit issuance (note 26) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
1662 Exchange LP unit conversion, shares Concept (Shares) For Period bip:ExchangeLPunitconversionshares
1663 Exchange LP unit conversion, value Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:ExchangeLPunitconversionvalue
1664 Preferred Units, Units Repurchased Concept (Shares) For Period bip:PreferredUnitsUnitsRepurchased
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1668 Underwriting related cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:Shareunderwritingrelatedcost
1669 2427403 - Disclosure - PARTNERSHIP CAPITAL - Capital Categories (Details) Network

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1670 Schedule of Partnership Units [Table] Table

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1672 Equity [member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1673 Partners' capital Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
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1681 Non-controlling Interest - Exchange LP Units, equity [Member] Member bip:NoncontrollingInterestExchangeLPUnitsequityMember
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1683 Increase (Decrease) in Partners' Capital [Roll Forward] Abstract bip:IncreaseDecreaseinPartnersCapitalRollForward
1684 Changes in equity [abstract] Abstract ifrs-full:ChangesInEquityAbstract
1685 Opening balance Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
1686 Issued for cash Concept (Shares) For Period bip:NumberOfSharesIssued1
1687 Units converted from Exchange LP units Concept (Shares) For Period bip:UnitsconvertedfromExchangeLPunits
1688 Repurchased and cancelled Concept (Shares) For Period bip:PartnersCapitalAccountUnitsTreasuryUnitsPurchased1
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1690 Balance as Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
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1693 Repurchased and cancelled Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:RepurchaseOfEquity
1694 Balance as Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
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1696 Exchange LP unit conversion, value Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:ExchangeLPunitconversionvalue
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1698 Repurchase of Preferred Equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:RepurchaseofPreferredEquity
1699 2428402 - Disclosure - ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Details) Network

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1982 Non-controlling interest—in operating subsidiaries and preferred unitholders Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:Noncontrollinginterestinoperatingsubsidiariesandpreferredunitholders
1983 Non-controlling interest—Redeemable Partnership Units held by Brookfield Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount1
1984 Non-controlling interest, Exchange LP units, equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:NoncontrollinginterestExchangeLPunitsequity
1985 Net investment attributable to limited partners and general partner Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit bip:PartnersCapital1
1986 2435408 - Disclosure - FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT - Sensitivity Analysis For Foreign Currency Risk (Details) Network

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1987 Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [table] Table

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1988 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
1989 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1990 Foreign currency risk Member ifrs-full:CurrencyRiskMember
1991 Currency1 [Axis] Axis bip:Currency1Axis
1992 All Currencies [Domain] Member currency:AllCurrenciesDomain
1993 AUD Member currency:AUD
1994 EUR Member currency:EUR
1995 GBP Member currency:GBP
1996 CLP Member currency:CLP
1997 COP Member currency:COP
1998 BRL Member currency:BRL
1999 CAD Member currency:CAD
2000 PEN Member currency:PEN
2001 INR Member currency:INR
2002 Disclosure of nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNatureAndExtentOfRisksArisingFromFinancialInstrumentsLineItems
2003 Impact of 10% decrease on Net income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:SensitivityAnalysisforeignexchangerateImpactOf10PercentDecreaseInRatesOnProfitLoss
2004 Impact of 10% increase on Net income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:SensitivityAnalysisforeignexchangerateImpactOf10PercentIncreaseInRatesOnProfitLoss
2005 Impact of 10% decrease on Partnership Capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:SensitivityAnalysisforeignexchangerateImpactOf10PercentDecreaseInRatesOnPartnersCapital
2006 Impact of 10% increase on Partnership Capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:SensitivityAnalysisforeignexchangerateImpactOf10PercentIncreaseInRatesOnPartnersCapital
2007 2436402 - Disclosure - CAPITAL MANAGEMENT - Invested Capital (Details) Network

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2008 Disclosure of objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [table] Table

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2009 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
2010 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
2011 Bottom of range Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
2012 Top of range Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
2013 Disclosure of objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfObjectivesPoliciesAndProcessesForManagingCapitalLineItems
2014 Targeted returns on invested capital Concept (Percent) For Period bip:Targetedreturnsoninvestedcapital
2015 2436403 - Disclosure - CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Changes in Invested Capital (Details) Network

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2016 Implied Table Table

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2017 Disclosure of Capital Management [Abstract] Abstract bip:DisclosureofCapitalManagementAbstract
2018 Changes in Invested capital [Roll Forward] Abstract bip:ChangesinInvestedcapitalRollForward
2019 Opening balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:InvestedCapital
2020 Issuance of preferred units, net of repurchases Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:PreferredUnitIssueOfEquity
2021 Repurchases of limited partnership units and redeemable partnership units, net of issuances Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:Issuanceoflimitedpartnershipunitsandredeemablepartnershipunits
2022 Exchange LP unit conversion, value Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:ExchangeLPunitconversionvalue
2023 Ending balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:InvestedCapital
2024 Weighted Average Invested Capital Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit bip:WeightedAverageInvestedCapital
2025 2437402 - Disclosure - SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Details) Network

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2026 Implied Table Table

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2027 Cash Flow Statement [Abstract] Abstract bip:CashFlowStatementAbstract
2028 Interest paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
2029 Income taxes paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefund
2030 Changes in non-cash working capital Abstract bip:ChangesInNoncashWorkingCapitalAbstract
2031 Accounts receivable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
2032 Prepayments and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit bip:AdjustmentsforDecreaseIncreasePrepaymentsAndOther
2033 Accounts payable and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
2034 Changes in non-cash working capital, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapital
2035 2439401 - Disclosure - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Details) Network

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2036 Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [table] Table

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2037 Associates And Joint Ventures [Axis] Axis bip:AssociatesAndJointVenturesAxis
2038 Associates And Joint Ventures [Domain] Member bip:AssociatesAndJointVenturesDomain
2039 Chilean toll roads Member bip:ChileanTollRoadsMember
2040 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
2041 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
2042 Consortium Member bip:ConsortiumMember
2043 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
2044 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
2045 Australian Data Center Operation Member bip:AustralianDataCenterOperationMember
2046 Subsequent Event Type [Axis] Axis bip:SubsequentEventType1Axis
2047 Subsequent Event Type [Domain] Member bip:SubsequentEventType1Domain
2048 Australian Data Center Operation Member bip:AustralianDataCenterOperationMember
2049 Chilean toll roads Member bip:ChileanTollRoadsMember
2050 Disclosure of non-adjusting events after reporting period [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfNonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodLineItems
2051 Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInSubsidiary
2052 Consideration transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred
2053 Equity interests of acquirer Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityInterestsOfAcquirer
2054 Total assets recognised as of acquisition date Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit bip:Totalassetsrecognisedasofacquisitiondate
2055 Total liabilities recognised as of acquisition date Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit bip:Totalliabilitiesrecognisedasofacquisitiondate
2056 Non-controlling interest in acquiree recognised at acquisition date Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterestInAcquireeRecognisedAtAcquisitionDate
2057 Ownership and Voting Interest Concept (Percent) As Of bip:OwnershipandVotingInterestHeldInAssociateAndJointVenture
2058 Proceeds from sales of investments accounted for using equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromSalesOfInvestmentsAccountedForUsingEquityMethod

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