Borrowings and Bank Deposits (Borrowings) (Details) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	68,780us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings	$ 77,298us-gaap_ShortTermBorrowings
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	187,991	210,279
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	29,938	30,124
Deposits	62,839us-gaap_Deposits	53,361us-gaap_Deposits
Total borrowings and bank deposits	349,548gecc_TotalBorrowingsAndBankDeposits	371,062gecc_TotalBorrowingsAndBankDeposits
US Commercial Paper [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	22,019	24,877
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	0.19%	0.18%
Non US Commercial Paper [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	2,993	4,168
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	0.25%	0.33%
Current Portion Of Long Term Borrowings [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	37,989	39,215
Deposits	7,442	9,047
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	2.54%	2.70%
GE Interest Plus notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	5,467	8,699
Short-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.01%	1.11%
Other Short Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Short-term borrowings (Note 8)	312	339
Senior unsecured notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	162,629	186,433
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	2.72%	2.97%
Senior unsecured notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2055
Senior unsecured notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2016
Subordinated notes [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	4,804	4,821
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	3.36%	3.93%
Subordinated notes [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2037
Subordinated notes [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2021
Subordinated Debt [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	7,085	7,462
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	5.88%	5.64%
Subordinated Debt [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2067
Subordinated Debt [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2066
Other Long Term Borrowing [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Long-term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations	13,473	11,563
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entites [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entities	29,938	$ 30,124
Long-term Debt, Weighted Average Interest Rate	1.04%	1.05%
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entites [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2019
Non Recourse Borrowings Of Consolidated Securitization Entites [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Borrowings And Bank Deposits [Line Items]
Maturities on long-term borrowings	Dec. 31, 2015

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