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MercadoLibre, Inc
(NASDAQ:MELI) 

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MercadoLibre, Inc. operates online commerce platforms in Latin America. It operates Mercado Libre Marketplace, an automated online commerce platform that enables businesses, merchants, and individuals to list merchandise and conduct sales and purchases online; and Mercado Pago FinTech, a financial t...

Founded: 1999
Full Time Employees: 40,548 (Dec 2022)
CEO: Marcos Galperin  
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Internet Retail

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At a glance:
  • E-commerce Leadership and Marketplace Scale in Latin America: MercadoLibre remains a dominant online marketplace in Latin America, benefiting from strong brand recognition, a large active user base, and network effects that support continued GMV and buyer/seller growth.
  • Fintech Engine (Mercado Pago) Expands Engagement and Monetization: Mercado Pago continues to deepen user engagement across payments, digital wallet, and credit offerings, helping diversify revenue beyond commerce and supporting higher monetization through financial services.
  • Credit Exposure Growing Alongside Opportunities: As the company expands consumer and merchant lending, it gains incremental revenue potential but also increases exposure to credit losses and macro volatility across key markets.
  • Logistics Investments Support Faster Delivery and Customer Experience: Ongoing investment in fulfillment and last-mile capabilities improves delivery times and reliability, which can lift conversion and retention, though it requires continued operating spend and execution.
  • Macro and FX Volatility Remain Key Variables: Results are sensitive to inflation, currency moves, and regulatory conditions in core geographies (notably Brazil, Mexico, and Argentina), which can impact demand, margins, and reported financials.
Bull Thesis:
  • Dominant E-commerce Position in a Growing Market: MercadoLibre holds an unparalleled leadership position in e-commerce across Latin America, a region with significant untapped digital penetration potential. Its extensive reach, brand recognition, and localized approach provide a strong moat against competitors, ensuring continued market share gains as the region digitizes.
  • Explosive Growth of Mercado Pago (Fintech Arm): Mercado Pago has evolved beyond a payment processor for e-commerce into a full-fledged digital bank and financial services ecosystem. Its rapid expansion into off-platform payments, credit, investments, and insurance represents a massive, high-margin growth driver independent of e-commerce, tapping into the underbanked population of LatAm.
  • Robust Logistics Network (Mercado Envíos) as a Competitive Advantage: Significant investments in Mercado Envíos have created a highly efficient and extensive logistics network, improving delivery speeds, reducing costs, and enhancing customer satisfaction. This proprietary network is a key competitive advantage, especially in a region with challenging infrastructure, further solidifying its market leadership.
  • Improving Profitability and Operational Leverage: MercadoLibre has demonstrated a clear trend of improving profitability and expanding margins, driven by economies of scale, operational efficiencies, and the increasing contribution of higher-margin segments like advertising and fintech. This indicates strong operational leverage as the business matures, leading to better free cash flow generation.
Bear Thesis:
  • Macroeconomic Headwinds and Volatility in LatAm: The company's primary markets, particularly Argentina and Brazil, are prone to high inflation, currency devaluations, political instability, and economic recessions. These factors can negatively impact consumer spending, increase operational costs, and reduce reported earnings when translated to USD, creating significant financial volatility.
  • Intensifying Competition Across Segments: MercadoLibre faces increasing competition from global giants like Amazon, local e-commerce players, and specialized fintech companies. This competitive pressure could lead to pricing wars, higher marketing expenses, and slower market share gains in both its e-commerce and fintech segments, potentially compressing margins.
  • Regulatory Scrutiny and Compliance Risks: As a dominant player in both e-commerce and financial services, MercadoLibre is subject to evolving and potentially stringent regulations across multiple Latin American countries. Changes in data privacy laws, payment regulations, or antitrust scrutiny could increase compliance costs, limit operational flexibility, and impact business models.
  • High Valuation and Sustained Growth Expectations: MELI's stock often trades at a premium valuation, reflecting high investor expectations for continued rapid growth. Any slowdown in user acquisition, GMV, TPV, or profitability could lead to significant downward pressure on the stock price, as it may struggle to meet these elevated expectations in a challenging macro environment.
Main Competitors:
  • Amazon.com, Inc. ($AMZN) (Amazon Marketplace, Amazon Prime), Competes directly in e-commerce and logistics, particularly in key markets like Brazil and Mexico. Amazon offers a vast product selection, Prime membership benefits (fast shipping, streaming), and a growing logistics network, challenging MercadoLibre's market share and customer loyalty.
  • Magazine Luiza S.A. ($MGLU3.SA) (Magalu Marketplace, Magalu Pay), A major Brazilian e-commerce and retail player that competes across multiple fronts. Magalu has its own marketplace, a growing fintech arm (Magalu Pay) challenging Mercado Pago, and a robust logistics network, leveraging its strong brand and physical store presence in Brazil.
  • PagSeguro Digital Ltd. ($PAGS) (PagBank, PagSeguro payment solutions), A leading Brazilian fintech company that directly competes with Mercado Pago in payment processing, digital wallets, and financial services for individuals and SMEs. PagSeguro offers POS machines, online payment gateways, and a digital bank (PagBank), challenging MercadoLibre's financial ecosystem.
  • Falabella S.A. ($FALABELLA.SN) (Falabella.com, CMR Falabella), A large Chilean retail conglomerate with a significant presence across several Latin American countries (Chile, Peru, Colombia, Argentina). Falabella competes with MercadoLibre through its integrated e-commerce platform (Falabella.com), physical stores, and its financial services arm (CMR Falabella), offering credit cards and consumer loans.
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MercadoLibre's primary moat stems from its first-mover advantage and powerful network effects across its integrated ecosystem in Latin America. By combining a dominant e-commerce marketplace (MercadoLibre), a leading fintech platform (Mercado Pago), and robust logistics (Mercado Envíos), it creates significant switching costs and a strong competitive barrier. The vast number of buyers and sellers, coupled with seamless payment and shipping solutions, reinforces this moat. However, competition is intensifying from global giants like Amazon, which bring immense capital and logistics expertise; strong local champions such as Magazine Luiza, leveraging domestic brands and physical infrastructure; and specialized fintech players like PagSeguro, focusing on specific segments of the financial services market. MercadoLibre's ongoing challenge is to continue innovating and expanding its ecosystem while defending its market share against these diverse and well-funded competitors across its multiple business segments.
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    Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 
                                                                               
      net service revenues and financial income
    7,526,000,000 6,476,000,000 5,964,000,000 5,320,000,000 5,331,000,000 4,760,000,000 4,592,000,000 3,955,000,000                                                                    
      net product revenues
    1,233,000,000 933,000,000 826,000,000 615,000,000 728,000,000 552,000,000 481,000,000 378,000,000 511,000,000 341,000,000 364,000,000 274,000,000 326,000,000 253,000,000 265,000,000 251,000,000 348,034,000 226,538,000 198,030,000 147,537,000                                                        
      net revenues
    8,759,000,000 7,409,000,000 6,790,000,000 5,935,000,000 6,059,000,000 5,312,000,000 5,073,000,000 4,333,000,000 4,261,000,000 3,760,000,000 3,415,000,000 3,037,000,000 3,002,000,000 2,690,000,000 2,597,000,000 2,248,000,000 2,130,766,000 1,857,452,000 1,702,750,000 1,378,441,000 1,327,304,000 1,115,701,000 878,369,000 652,091,000 674,271,000 603,031,000 545,242,000 473,770,000 428,019,000 355,281,000 335,377,000 320,976,000 436,978,000 370,661,000 316,529,000 273,926,000 256,275,000 230,847,000 199,644,000 157,630,000 180,742,000 168,641,000 154,314,000 148,103,000 161,369,647 147,934,895 131,849,139 115,382,319 134,630,171 123,055,431 112,183,360 102,725,747 103,754,646 97,266,784 88,844,059 83,736,006   69,378,160 61,459,668 62,316,230 55,951,378 98,448,105 45,937,774 49,020,045 50,599,276 40,901,799 32,322,501 33,427,119 40,260,643 34,471,508 28,840,730 26,893,586 22,800,130 18,973,288 
      yoy
    44.56% 39.48% 33.85% 36.97% 42.20% 41.28% 48.55% 42.67% 41.94% 39.78% 31.50% 35.10% 40.89% 44.82% 52.52% 63.08% 60.53% 66.48% 93.85% 111.39% 96.85% 85.02% 61.10% 37.64% 57.53% 69.73% 62.58% 47.60% -2.05% -4.15% 5.95% 17.18% 70.51% 60.57% 58.55% 73.78% 41.79% 36.89% 29.38% 6.43% 12.00% 14.00% 17.04% 28.36% 19.86% 20.22% 17.53% 12.32% 29.76% 26.51% 26.27% 22.68%   28.06% 36.25%   -29.53% 33.79% 27.12% 10.58% 140.69% 42.12% 46.65% 25.68% 18.65% 12.07% 24.29% 76.58% 81.68%     
      qoq
    18.22% 9.12% 14.41% -2.05% 14.06% 4.71% 17.08% 1.69% 13.32% 10.10% 12.45% 1.17% 11.60% 3.58% 15.52% 5.50% 14.71% 9.09% 23.53% 3.85% 18.97% 27.02% 34.70% -3.29% 11.81% 10.60% 15.09% 10.69% 20.47% 5.93% 4.49% -26.55% 17.89% 17.10% 15.55% 6.89% 11.02% 15.63% 26.65% -12.79% 7.18% 9.28% 4.19% -8.22% 9.08% 12.20% 14.27% -14.30% 9.41% 9.69% 9.21% -0.99% 6.67% 9.48% 6.10%    12.88% -1.37% 11.38% -43.17% 114.31% -6.29% -3.12% 23.71% 26.54% -3.30% -16.97% 16.79% 19.52% 7.24% 17.95% 20.17%  
      cost of net revenues
    -4,975,000,000 -4,200,000,000 -3,696,000,000 -3,164,000,000 -3,310,000,000 -2,873,000,000 -2,708,000,000 -2,309,000,000 -2,306,000,000 -1,765,000,000 -1,695,000,000 -1,501,000,000 -1,544,000,000 -1,342,000,000 -1,313,000,000 -1,175,000,000 -1,277,601,000 -1,050,862,000 -948,830,000 -787,064,000 -838,270,000 -635,511,000 -451,197,000 -339,277,000 -365,924,000 -318,689,000 -272,812,000 -236,766,000 -223,235,000 -185,563,000 -175,628,000 -158,218,000 -233,616,000 -194,834,000 -144,975,000 -105,070,000 -93,545,000 -85,199,000 -73,346,000 -55,448,000 -63,168,000 -56,813,000 -50,311,000 -44,708,000 -47,665,120 -43,401,677 -36,371,539 -31,539,665 -36,205,511 -34,144,989 -31,077,211 -28,649,167 -27,402,862 -25,693,605 -23,892,881 -21,096,297   -16,939,118 -14,331,703 -13,794,314 -11,450,919 -21,304,611 -9,893,051 -10,337,916 -10,390,671 -8,595,477 -6,633,986 -6,424,956 -8,153,862 -6,901,503 -6,018,281 -6,161,044 -5,192,650 -4,071,831 
      gross profit
    3,784,000,000 3,209,000,000 3,094,000,000 2,771,000,000 2,749,000,000 2,439,000,000 2,365,000,000 2,024,000,000 1,955,000,000 1,995,000,000 1,720,000,000 1,536,000,000 1,458,000,000 1,348,000,000 1,284,000,000 1,073,000,000 853,165,000 806,590,000 753,920,000 591,377,000 489,034,000 480,190,000 427,172,000 312,814,000 308,347,000 284,342,000 272,430,000 237,004,000 204,784,000 169,718,000 159,749,000 162,758,000 203,362,000 175,827,000 171,554,000 168,856,000 162,730,000 145,648,000 126,298,000 102,182,000 117,574,000 111,828,000 104,003,000 103,395,000 113,704,527 104,533,218 95,477,600 83,842,654 98,424,660 88,910,442 81,106,149 74,076,580 76,351,784 71,573,179 64,951,178 62,639,709   52,439,042 47,127,965 48,521,916 44,500,459 77,143,494 36,044,723 38,682,129 40,208,605 32,306,322 25,688,515 27,002,163 32,106,781 27,570,005 22,822,449 20,732,542 17,607,480 14,901,457 
      yoy
    37.65% 31.57% 30.82% 36.91% 40.61% 22.26% 37.50% 31.77% 34.09% 48.00% 33.96% 43.15% 70.89% 67.12% 70.31% 81.44% 74.46% 67.97% 76.49% 89.05% 58.60% 68.88% 56.80% 31.99% 50.57% 67.54% 70.54% 45.62% 0.70% -3.47% -6.88% -3.61% 24.97% 20.72% 35.83% 65.25% 38.41% 30.24% 21.44% -1.17% 3.40% 6.98% 8.93% 23.32% 15.52% 17.57% 17.72% 13.18% 28.91% 24.22% 24.87% 18.26%   23.86% 32.91%   -32.02% 30.75% 25.44% 10.67% 138.79% 40.31% 43.26% 25.23% 17.18% 12.56% 30.24% 82.35% 85.02%     
      qoq
    17.92% 3.72% 11.66% 0.80% 12.71% 3.13% 16.85% 3.53% -2.01% 15.99% 11.98% 5.35% 8.16% 4.98% 19.66% 25.77% 5.77% 6.99% 27.49% 20.93% 1.84% 12.41% 36.56% 1.45% 8.44% 4.37% 14.95% 15.73% 20.66% 6.24% -1.85% -19.97% 15.66% 2.49% 1.60% 3.76% 11.73% 15.32% 23.60% -13.09% 5.14% 7.52% 0.59% -9.07% 8.77% 9.48% 13.88% -14.82% 10.70% 9.62% 9.49% -2.98% 6.68% 10.20% 3.69%    11.27% -2.87% 9.04% -42.31% 114.02% -6.82% -3.80% 24.46% 25.76% -4.86% -15.90% 16.46% 20.80% 10.08% 17.75% 18.16%  
      gross margin %
    43.20% 43.31% 45.57% 46.69% 45.37% 45.91% 46.62% 46.71% 45.88% 53.06% 50.37% 50.58% 48.57% 50.11% 49.44% 47.73% 40.04% 43.42% 44.28% 42.90% 36.84% 43.04% 48.63% 47.97% 45.73% 47.15% 49.96% 50.03% 47.84% 47.77% 47.63% 50.71% 46.54% 47.44% 54.20% 61.64% 63.50% 63.09% 63.26% 64.82% 65.05% 66.31% 67.40% 69.81% 70.46% 70.66% 72.41% 72.67% 73.11% 72.25% 72.30% 72.11% 73.59% 73.58% 73.11% 74.81%  NaN% 75.58% 76.68% 77.86% 79.53% 78.36% 78.46% 78.91% 79.46% 78.99% 79.48% 80.78% 79.75% 79.98% 79.13% 77.09% 77.23% 78.54% 
      operating expenses:
                                                                               
      product and technology development
    -584,000,000 -567,000,000 -567,000,000 -551,000,000 -512,000,000 -504,000,000 -460,000,000 -458,000,000 -686,000,000 -396,000,000 -368,000,000 -381,000,000 -325,000,000 -278,000,000 -262,000,000 -234,000,000 -179,637,000 -137,671,000 -146,985,000 -126,035,000 -116,989,000 -88,796,000 -73,254,000 -73,435,000 -58,020,000 -59,495,000 -53,923,000 -52,369,000 -38,962,000 -35,478,000 -33,437,000 -38,396,000 -34,141,000 -32,380,000 -30,338,000 -30,302,000 -26,256,000 -26,066,000 -24,216,000 -21,941,000 -22,473,000 -17,042,000 -19,639,000 -17,245,000 -16,027,166 -13,574,467 -11,740,808 -12,257,198 -9,670,944 -12,074,586 -9,760,220 -9,382,389 -6,923,686 -7,983,301 -6,133,819 -7,586,074   -5,518,892 -5,156,890 -4,430,276 -4,224,476 -7,201,240 -3,224,775 -3,124,460 -3,295,436 -3,087,206 -2,633,419 -2,081,498 -1,744,608 -1,730,780 -1,744,511 -1,212,343 -1,154,317 -1,029,096 
      sales and marketing
    -1,036,000,000 -833,000,000 -751,000,000 -599,000,000 -636,000,000 -566,000,000 -511,000,000 -478,000,000 -529,000,000 -441,000,000 -383,000,000 -383,000,000 -380,000,000 -333,000,000 -296,000,000 -541,000,000 -502,704,000 -385,523,000 -333,107,000 -288,159,000 -282,350,000 -229,621,000 -184,076,000 -206,507,000 -269,751,000 -252,903,000 -180,692,000 -130,676,000 -140,065,000 -110,443,000 -121,216,000 -110,723,000 -117,450,000 -84,139,000 -76,856,000 -46,931,000 -48,553,000 -39,723,000 -35,337,000 -32,683,000 -42,158,000 -31,125,000 -29,115,000 -26,202,000 -33,400,003 -29,406,149 -26,469,194 -22,351,958 -23,147,363 -24,175,448 -20,823,546 -22,337,937 -19,182,429 -18,587,486 -16,805,362 -17,427,679   -15,636,413 -13,228,942 -14,019,551 -12,281,672 -22,581,944 -11,108,801 -11,519,475 -11,048,799 -10,077,284 -10,216,177 -9,094,778 -11,425,168 -10,265,389 -9,214,659 -7,969,682 -6,982,476 -6,330,128 
      provision for doubtful accounts
    -983,000,000 -815,000,000 -690,000,000 -603,000,000 -527,000,000 -507,000,000 -450,000,000 -374,000,000 -299,000,000 -277,000,000 -222,000,000 -252,000,000 -228,000,000 -288,000,000 -303,000,000                                                             
      general and administrative
    -292,000,000 -270,000,000 -261,000,000 -255,000,000 -254,000,000 -305,000,000 -218,000,000 -186,000,000 -201,000,000 -196,000,000 -189,000,000 -180,000,000 -176,000,000 -153,000,000 -173,000,000 -159,000,000 -147,508,000 -123,018,000 -107,663,000 -86,339,000 -114,821,000 -78,699,000 -70,404,000 -62,566,000 -49,463,000 -53,869,000 -50,303,000 -43,820,000 -26,575,000 -34,800,000 -33,337,000 -43,058,000 -30,619,000 -31,766,000 -31,498,000 -28,309,000 -23,249,000 -26,150,000 -20,841,000 -17,069,000 -19,173,000 -18,381,000 -20,612,000 -18,134,000 -19,040,984 -14,406,413 -13,684,701 -15,232,411 -13,487,277 -15,261,345 -15,073,088 -13,785,070 -11,117,149 -11,288,705 -10,127,077 -12,695,212   -9,732,340 -9,450,977 -9,103,065 -8,683,605 -13,041,477 -6,206,881 -6,166,592 -6,882,020 -6,729,609 -6,071,375 -4,711,766 -7,261,068 -5,879,569 -5,321,077 -4,253,290 -3,483,918 -2,811,198 
      total operating expenses
    -2,895,000,000 -2,485,000,000 -2,269,000,000 -2,008,000,000 -1,929,000,000 -1,882,000,000 -1,639,000,000 -1,496,000,000 -1,715,000,000 -1,310,000,000 -1,162,000,000 -1,196,000,000 -1,109,000,000 -1,052,000,000 -1,034,000,000 -934,000,000 -829,849,000 -646,212,000 -587,755,000 -500,533,000 -514,160,000 -397,116,000 -327,734,000 -342,508,000 -377,234,000 -366,267,000 -284,918,000 -226,865,000 -205,602,000 -180,721,000 -187,990,000 -192,177,000 -267,971,000 -148,285,000 -141,529,000 -105,542,000 -98,058,000 -91,939,000 -94,111,000 -71,693,000 -83,878,000 -66,548,000 -69,366,000 -77,807,000 -68,468,153 -57,387,029 -101,390,389 -49,841,567 -46,305,584 -51,511,379 -45,656,854 -45,505,396 -37,223,264 -37,859,492 -33,066,258 -37,708,965   -30,887,645 -27,836,809 -27,552,892 -25,189,753 -42,824,661 -20,540,457 -20,810,527 -21,226,255 -19,894,099 -18,920,971 -15,868,172 -20,430,844 -19,422,135 -16,280,247 -13,435,315 -11,620,711 -10,170,422 
      income from operations
    889,000,000 724,000,000 825,000,000 763,000,000 820,000,000 557,000,000 726,000,000 528,000,000 240,000,000 685,000,000 558,000,000 340,000,000 349,000,000 296,000,000 250,000,000 139,000,000 23,316,000 160,378,000 166,165,000 90,844,000 -25,126,000 83,074,000 99,438,000 -29,694,000 -68,887,000 -81,925,000 -12,488,000 10,139,000 -818,000 -11,003,000 -28,241,000 -29,419,000 -64,609,000 27,542,000 30,025,000 63,314,000 64,672,000 53,709,000 32,187,000 30,489,000 33,696,000 45,280,000 34,637,000 25,588,000 45,236,374 47,146,189 -5,912,789 34,001,087 52,119,076 37,399,063 35,449,295 28,571,184 39,128,520 33,713,687 31,884,920 24,930,744   21,551,397 19,291,156 20,969,024 19,310,706 34,318,833 15,504,266 17,871,602 18,982,350 12,412,223 6,767,544 11,133,991 11,675,937 8,147,870 6,542,202 7,297,227 5,986,769 4,731,035 
      yoy
    8.41% 29.98% 13.64% 44.51% 241.67% -18.69% 30.11% 55.29% -31.23% 131.42% 123.20% 144.60% 1396.83% 84.56% 50.45% 53.01% -192.80% 93.05% 67.10% -405.93% -63.53% -201.40% -896.27% -392.87% 8321.39% 644.57% -55.78% -134.46% -98.73% -139.95% -194.06% -146.47% -199.90% -48.72% -6.72% 107.66% 91.93% 18.62% -7.07% 19.15% -25.51% -3.96% -685.80% -24.74% -13.21% 26.06% -116.68% 19.00% 33.20% 10.93% 11.18% 14.60%   47.95% 29.23%   -37.20% 24.42% 17.33% 1.73% 176.49% 129.10% 60.51% 62.58% 52.34% 3.44% 52.58% 95.03% 72.22%     
      qoq
    22.79% -12.24% 8.13% -6.95% 47.22% -23.28% 37.50% 120.00% -64.96% 22.76% 64.12% -2.58% 17.91% 18.40% 79.86% 496.16% -85.46% -3.48% 82.91% -461.55% -130.25% -16.46% -434.88% -56.89% -15.91% 556.03% -223.17% -1339.49% -92.57% -61.04% -4.00% -54.47% -334.58% -8.27% -52.58% -2.10% 20.41% 66.87% 5.57% -9.52% -25.58% 30.73% 35.36% -43.43% -4.05% -897.36% -117.39% -34.76% 39.36% 5.50% 24.07% -26.98% 16.06% 5.74% 27.89%    11.72% -8.00% 8.59% -43.73% 121.35% -13.25% -5.85% 52.93% 83.41% -39.22% -4.64% 43.30% 24.54% -10.35% 21.89% 26.54%  
      operating margin %
    10.15% 9.77% 12.15% 12.86% 13.53% 10.49% 14.31% 12.19% 5.63% 18.22% 16.34% 11.20% 11.63% 11.00% 9.63% 6.18% 1.09% 8.63% 9.76% 6.59% -1.89% 7.45% 11.32% -4.55% -10.22% -13.59% -2.29% 2.14% -0.19% -3.10% -8.42% -9.17% -14.79% 7.43% 9.49% 23.11% 25.24% 23.27% 16.12% 19.34% 18.64% 26.85% 22.45% 17.28% 28.03% 31.87% -4.48% 29.47% 38.71% 30.39% 31.60% 27.81% 37.71% 34.66% 35.89% 29.77%  NaN% 31.06% 31.39% 33.65% 34.51% 34.86% 33.75% 36.46% 37.52% 30.35% 20.94% 33.31% 29.00% 23.64% 22.68% 27.13% 26.26% 24.94% 
      other income
                                                              240,097 20,344                
      interest income and other financial gains
    8,000,000 49,000,000 44,000,000 37,000,000 41,000,000 43,000,000 39,000,000 25,000,000 178,000,000 196,000,000 188,000,000 161,000,000 123,000,000 65,000,000 46,000,000 31,000,000 53,374,000 35,352,000 24,165,000 25,071,000 22,648,000 24,553,000 18,782,000 36,784,000 26,933,000 28,462,000 33,684,000 24,444,000 14,293,000 8,636,000 9,915,000 9,195,000 8,881,000 14,200,000 10,663,000 12,157,000 10,250,000 9,892,000 8,049,000 7,251,000 5,832,000 5,777,000 4,683,000 4,308,000 4,366,406 4,360,901 3,572,917 3,035,630 2,295,481 2,776,791 2,202,314 3,394,006 2,880,600 2,925,913 2,982,303 3,088,560   2,249,898 1,873,768 1,857,788 1,361,899 1,711,529 794,142 582,929 580,343 602,174 929,663        
      interest expense and other financial losses
    -50,000,000 -35,000,000 -36,000,000 -39,000,000 -48,000,000 -40,000,000 -39,000,000 -38,000,000 -81,000,000 -111,000,000 -92,000,000 -94,000,000 -100,000,000 -92,000,000 -73,000,000 -56,000,000 -53,678,000 -44,395,000 -39,342,000 -91,289,000 -31,607,000 -24,522,000 -26,977,000 -23,584,000 -21,187,000 -14,451,000 -14,679,000 -15,559,000 -16,444,000 -15,869,000 -13,202,000 -10,734,000 -6,783,000 -6,709,000 -6,506,000 -6,471,000 -6,798,000 -6,492,000 -6,631,000 -5,684,000 -4,040,500 -6,011,000 -5,201,000 -4,950,000 -4,940,896 -4,913,125 -778,155 -1,027,180 -976,413 -487,496 -531,668 -360,352 -273,902 -312,860 -474,300                     
      foreign currency losses
    -63,000,000 -102,000,000 -117,000,000 -55,000,000 -50,000,000 -40,000,000 -58,000,000 -34,000,000 -107,000,000 -239,000,000 -182,000,000 -87,000,000 -64,000,000 -71,000,000 -60,000,000 -3,000,000 -56,951,000 -25,202,000 -12,091,000 -15,089,000    -186,000           -21,760,000    -5,387,000    -648,000         -6,249,714                        
      net income before income tax expense
    514,500,000 636,000,000 716,000,000 706,000,000         308,000,000 198,000,000 163,000,000 111,000,000 -33,939,000 126,133,000 138,897,000 9,537,000 31,332,500 52,670,000  -16,680,000         -64,671,000 36,655,000 12,422,000 69,663,000                                        
      income tax expense
    -225,000,000 -215,000,000 -193,000,000 -212,000,000 -124,000,000 -123,000,000 -137,000,000 -137,000,000 -65,000,000 -172,000,000 -210,000,000 -122,000,000 -144,000,000 -69,000,000 -39,000,000 -46,000,000 -3,643,000 -30,908,000 -70,702,000 -43,549,000 -18,864,250 -37,635,000  -4,429,000         -3,049,000 -8,989,000 -7,106,000 -21,145,000                                        
      net income
    559,000,000 421,000,000 523,000,000 494,000,000 639,000,000 397,000,000 531,000,000 344,000,000 165,000,000 359,000,000 262,000,000 201,000,000 165,000,000 129,000,000 123,000,000 65,000,000 -46,104,000 95,225,000 68,195,000 -34,012,000 -50,580,000 15,035,000 55,947,000 -21,109,000 -53,998,000 -146,082,000 16,217,000 11,864,000 -2,336,000 -10,078,000 -11,251,000 -12,919,000 20,375,000 27,666,000 5,316,000 48,518,000 51,349,000 38,912,000 15,858,000 30,247,000 38,976,000 45,640,000 19,463,000 1,721,000 34,161,329 33,751,967 -25,588,478 30,327,953 40,835,967 29,146,247 30,021,018 17,522,591 30,246,390 26,067,897 25,394,824 19,637,038   14,820,826 14,057,634 15,939,493 18,790,963 21,294,563 9,620,601 11,285,570 9,852,268 6,679,779 5,391,176 7,909,436 5,875,792 2,947,095 2,067,677 5,322,393 2,785,474 590,886 
      yoy
    -12.52% 6.05% -1.51% 43.60% 287.27% 10.58% 102.67% 71.14% 0.00% 178.29% 113.01% 209.23% -457.89% 35.47% 80.37% -291.11% -8.85% 533.36% 21.89% 61.13% -6.33% -110.29% 244.99% -277.92% 2211.56% 1349.51% -244.14% -191.83% -111.47% -136.43% -311.64% -126.63% -60.32% -28.90% -66.48% 60.41% 31.75% -14.74% -18.52% 1657.52% 14.09% 35.22% -176.06% -94.33% -16.34% 15.80% -185.24% 73.08% 35.01% 11.81% 18.22% -10.77%   71.35% 39.69%   -30.40% 46.12% 41.24% 90.73% 218.79% 78.45% 42.68% 67.68% 126.66% 160.74% 48.61% 110.94% 398.76%     
      qoq
    32.78% -19.50% 5.87% -22.69% 60.96% -25.24% 54.36% 108.48% -54.04% 37.02% 30.35% 21.82% 27.91% 4.88% 89.23% -240.99% -148.42% 39.64% -300.50% -32.76% -436.42% -73.13% -365.04% -60.91% -63.04% -1000.80% 36.69% -607.88% -76.82% -10.43% -12.91% -163.41% -26.35% 420.43% -89.04% -5.51% 31.96% 145.38% -47.57% -22.40% -14.60% 134.50% 1030.91% -94.96% 1.21% -231.90% -184.37% -25.73% 40.11% -2.91% 71.33% -42.07% 16.03% 2.65% 29.32%    5.43% -11.81% -15.17% -11.76% 121.34% -14.75% 14.55% 47.49% 23.90% -31.84% 34.61% 99.38% 42.53% -61.15% 91.08% 371.41%  
      net income margin %
    6.38% 5.68% 7.70% 8.32% 10.55% 7.47% 10.47% 7.94% 3.87% 9.55% 7.67% 6.62% 5.50% 4.80% 4.74% 2.89% -2.16% 5.13% 4.00% -2.47% -3.81% 1.35% 6.37% -3.24% -8.01% -24.22% 2.97% 2.50% -0.55% -2.84% -3.35% -4.02% 4.66% 7.46% 1.68% 17.71% 20.04% 16.86% 7.94% 19.19% 21.56% 27.06% 12.61% 1.16% 21.17% 22.82% -19.41% 26.28% 30.33% 23.69% 26.76% 17.06% 29.15% 26.80% 28.58% 23.45%  NaN% 21.36% 22.87% 25.58% 33.58% 21.63% 20.94% 23.02% 19.47% 16.33% 16.68% 23.66% 14.59% 8.55% 7.17% 19.79% 12.22% 3.11% 
      basic earnings per share
                                                                               
      basic net income available to shareholders per common share
    11.03 8.32   12.6 7.83 10.48 6.78 3.24 7.18 5.22 4.01                                                                
      weighted-average of outstanding common shares
    50,697,299 50,697,265 50,697,375 50,697,375 50,697,428 50,697,438 50,697,447 50,697,442 50,262,302 50,008,320 50,162,687 50,245,073 50,345,353 50,325,075,000,000 50,364,529,000,000 50,408,754,000,000 49,802,993,000 49,597,157,000  49,867,625,000   49,709,973,000  48,692,906,000   45,980,255,000  44,588,704,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,364,000 44,157,251,000  44,157,341,000          44,152,600 44,152,933 44,152,933                         
      diluted earnings per share
                                                                               
      diluted net income available to shareholders per common share
    11.03 8.32   12.6 7.83 10.48 6.78 3.1 7.16 5.16 3.97                                                                
      basic and diluted earning per share
                                                                               
      basic and diluted net income available to shareholders per common share
      10.31 9.74                                                                        
      net income before income tax expense and equity in earnings of unconsolidated entity
        763,000,000 520,000,000 668,000,000 481,000,000 230,000,000 531,000,000 472,000,000 320,000,000                                                                
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated entity
               3,000,000 -250,000  -1,000,000                                                             
      basic earning per share
                                                                               
      diluted earning per share
                                                                               
      net service revenues
            3,750,000,000 3,419,000,000 3,051,000,000 2,763,000,000 2,676,000,000 2,437,000,000 2,332,000,000 1,997,000,000 1,782,732,000 1,630,914,000 1,504,720,000 1,230,904,000                                                        
      basic eps
                                                                               
      basic net income
                                                                               
      available to shareholders per common share
                -6,299,990.43 2,570,000 2,430,000 1,300,000 -930 1,920  -680   1,110     130 -192.5 -230 -250 -290 -1,540 630 120 1,100                                        
      diluted eps
                                                                               
      diluted net income
                                                                               
      basic net loss
                                                                               
      diluted net loss
                                                                               
      foreign currency gains
                        -9,930,000 -30,435,000 -1,903,000  167,000 987,000 783,000 -3,669,000 -3,862,000 3,924,000 12,577,000 5,601,000    663,000    5,147,000 -1,661,750 2,570,000  -8,570,000 -1,912,755.5 5,220,080 -15,964,572 3,093,471 2,331,731 1,575,592 3,600,866             396,972            
      net income before income tax (expense) gain
                          89,340,000     15,355,000                                                
      income tax (expense) gain
                          -33,393,000     -3,491,000                                                
      net income before income tax gain
                            -11,068,000 -66,927,000 7,300,000  -6,831,000 -14,312,000 -18,951,000 -25,357,000                                            
      income tax gain
                            -18,432,250 -79,155,000 8,917,000  4,495,000 4,234,000 7,700,000 12,438,000                                            
      impairment of long-lived assets
                                      -2,837,000    -13,717,000  26,000   -16,226,000   -49,495,686                             
      cash dividends declared
                                    150 150 150 150 150  150                                     
      foreign currency gain
                                    -4,868,750 1,622,000   -1,265,500 -4,823,000                                      
      net income before income / asset tax expense
                                        29,426,750 52,286,000 28,218,000 37,203,000 24,365,750 47,616,000 33,471,000 16,376,000 49,961,367 51,814,045 -19,082,599 39,103,008 55,813,681 41,221,733 40,722,200 25,351,391 42,224,344 35,953,504 35,134,922 26,904,757   22,457,859 20,055,663 22,074,726 19,750,417 30,040,517 13,699,962 14,927,229 12,389,525 8,333,535 7,062,509 4,653,585.5 8,264,555 5,409,745 4,940,041 2,119,543.75 4,187,002 2,411,864 
      income / asset tax expense
                                        -8,172,500 -13,374,000 -12,360,000 -6,956,000 -7,659,750 -1,976,000 -14,008,000 -14,655,000 -15,800,038 -18,062,078 -6,505,879 -8,775,055 -14,977,714 -12,075,486 -10,701,182 -7,828,800 -11,977,954 -9,885,607 -9,740,098 -7,267,719   -7,637,033 -5,998,029 -6,135,233 -959,454 -8,745,954 -4,079,361 -3,641,659 -2,537,257 -1,653,756 -1,671,333 -1,930,944.5 -2,388,763 -2,462,650 -2,872,364 -1,026,907 -1,401,528 -1,820,978 
      shareholders per common share
                                        1,160  360                                     
      less: net income attributable to redeemable
                                                                               
      noncontrolling interest
                                                                               
      net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. shareholders
                                            16,706,000 45,640,000 19,463,000 1,721,000 34,145,118 33,765,491 -25,594,030 30,263,973 40,763,929 29,284,174 29,978,641 17,480,253                        
      other losses net
                                                                               
      less: net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                16,211 -13,524 5,552 63,980 72,038 -137,927 42,377 42,338                        
      other gains
                                                      1,393                         
      other losses
                                                    -11,139.25 -42,217  -3,733                        
      basic net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. shareholders per common share
                                                    0.433 0.66 0.67                         
      diluted net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. shareholders per common share
                                                    0.433 0.66 0.67                         
      foreign currency (loss)/gain
                                                        -119,374.75 -193,529 749,008                     
      other (loss) / income
                                                        30 -179,707 -7,009                     
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                        10,716 24,804 15,632 2,428                    
      net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc.
                                                        17,764,223.25 26,043,093 25,379,192 19,634,610                    
      basic net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. per common share
                                                        0.405 0.59 0.57 0.45                    
      weighted-average shares
                                                        44,147,861 44,150,387 44,147,999 44,142,076  44,138,397 44,138,105 44,131,383 44,124,018 44,129,762 44,117,364 44,113,595 44,086,892     44,290,540 44,238,166  25,149,405 27,538,652 13,575,158 
      diluted net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. per common share
                                                        0.405 0.59 0.57 0.45                    
      interest expense and other financial charges
                                                           -77,317   -880,819 -628,950 -682,364 -567,969 -6,351,339 -2,995,418 -3,639,551 -3,873,230 -3,334,589 -2,510,184 -4,946,329 -1,132,524 -958,348 -1,362,800 -792,212 -390,029 -379,874 
      foreign currency loss
                                                           -1,032,978         112,249 -3,299,938   -1,422,484.5 -2,648,584 -2,052,638 -988,715 -451,630 -802,348 -599,398 
      other income / (loss)
                                                           -4,252                    
      foreign currency (loss) / gain
                                                              -702,714                 
      basic net income per common share
                                                              0.34 0.32 0.36 0.43 0.48 0.22            
      diluted net income per common share
                                                              0.34 0.32 0.36 0.43 0.48 0.22     0.063 0.13 0.07  0.025 0.07 0.01 
      foreign currency gain /
                                                               -500,655 1,818.75 -354,219     -1,346,273 1,875,486        
      foreign currency gains /
                                                                  361,494             
      compensation cost related to acquisitions
                                                                        -479,967.5  -1,546,397     
      interest income
                                                                        337,517 330,139 270,576 749,354 737,196 352,968 421,522 
      other incomes
                                                                        58,126 39,587 2,285   -960,358 -1,761,421 
      accretion of preferred stock
                                                                             -61,860 -123,720 
      net income available to common shareholders
                                                                        2,722,641 5,875,792 2,947,095 2,067,677    
      basic net income per share
                                                                        0.063 0.13 0.07     
      net income / (loss) available to common shareholders
                                                                            1,015,312 2,723,614 467,166 
      basic net income / (loss) available to common shareholders per common share
                                                                            0.025 0.07 0.01 
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        assets
                                                                               
        current assets:
                                                                               
        cash and cash equivalents
      3,670,000,000 2,582,000,000 3,008,000,000 2,977,000,000 2,635,000,000 2,162,000,000 2,818,000,000 2,579,000,000 2,556,000,000 2,171,000,000 1,860,000,000 2,143,000,000 1,910,000,000 1,455,000,000 1,329,000,000 1,573,000,000 2,584,586,000 987,213,000 1,069,909,000 862,720,000 1,856,394,000 1,139,703,000 1,169,550,000 1,071,217,000 1,384,740,000 1,419,934,000 1,118,662,000 1,295,886,000 440,332,000 1,028,579,000 489,157,000 350,411,000 388,260,000 461,198,000 382,791,000 301,388,000 234,140,000 187,995,000 144,016,000 144,885,000 173,024,000 170,391,000 219,768,000 223,144,226 237,503,912 385,520,117 131,139,549 140,285,104 128,096,994 131,191,347 122,167,381 101,489,002 98,171,852 87,595,730 75,874,938 59,083,417 44,250,132 50,968,258 56,830,466 44,451,900 31,568,720 34,634,299 49,803,402 33,332,506 19,374,901 17,006,309 17,474,112,000,000 10,403,585 17,674,256 13,947,927 15,677,407 14,535,980 9,094,930 
        restricted cash and cash equivalents
      9,867,000,000 6,617,000,000 3,880,000,000 1,521,000,000 2,064,000,000 1,316,000,000 1,005,000,000 1,239,000,000 1,292,000,000 1,085,000,000 1,964,000,000 1,381,000,000 1,453,000,000 1,073,000,000 924,000,000 841,000,000 1,063,377,000 435,348,000 361,180,000 325,636,000 651,830,000 484,426,000 493,808,000 194,166,000 66,684,000 37,031,000 9,660,000 10,375,000 24,363,000 49,151,000 34,854,000                                           
        short-term investments
      2,629,000,000 3,715,000,000 4,634,000,000 5,082,000,000 4,485,000,000 4,511,000,000 4,073,000,000 3,671,000,000 3,480,000,000 3,320,000,000 2,839,000,000 2,479,000,000 2,339,000,000 1,943,000,000 1,645,000,000 1,412,000,000 809,522,000 1,041,868,000 898,367,000 980,076,000 1,241,306,000 2,187,479,000 2,124,872,000 1,558,325,000 1,597,241,000 1,726,189,000 1,789,354,000 1,648,457,000 461,541,000 67,041,000 69,432,000 159,446,000 209,432,000 175,165,000 206,165,000 265,165,000 253,321,000 283,650,000 251,416,000 195,569,000 168,015,000 167,161,000 148,052,000 148,809,539 169,843,592 105,228,656 87,390,844 76,593,214 91,330,179 71,299,941 75,545,528 93,694,805 79,390,492 83,016,176 82,722,150 67,578,494 72,384,019 3,179,205 5,342,766 6,584,453 11,279,620 7,077,862 14,580,185 19,867,077 28,647,386 29,354,094 31,639,400,000,000 20,489,006 31,743,124 37,921,663 52,300,007 48,373,617 7,141,477 
        accounts receivable
      369,000,000 298,000,000 313,000,000 261,000,000 255,000,000 216,000,000 190,000,000 170,000,000 156,000,000 161,000,000 160,000,000 132,000,000 130,000,000 108,000,000 102,000,000 98,000,000 98,193,000 70,542,000 69,844,000 64,815,000 49,691,000 40,891,000 42,423,000 34,060,000 35,446,000 35,791,000 40,175,000 34,524,000 35,153,000 27,141,000 27,470,000 29,914,000 28,168,000 28,564,000 24,733,000 24,097,000 25,435,000 31,086,000 40,055,000 47,118,000 54,551,000 46,123,000 54,054,000 46,672,495 39,243,327 34,690,697 30,331,297 25,884,260 26,621,654 21,323,148 20,438,433 19,837,022 16,447,126 16,559,972 16,338,071 15,429,301 14,984,136 13,446,387 12,618,173 11,132,566 8,996,944 7,578,659 4,868,377 4,778,842 4,508,072 3,481,627 3,856,392,000,000 5,714,806 3,507,800 3,039,700 3,211,252 2,499,780 2,164,743 
        credit card receivables and other means of payments
      6,893,000,000 6,648,000,000 6,552,000,000 5,532,000,000 5,288,000,000 4,585,000,000 4,168,000,000 3,962,000,000 3,632,000,000 3,375,000,000 2,835,000,000 2,799,000,000 2,946,000,000 2,550,000,000 2,501,000,000                                                           
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 3,057 and 1,630
      8,855,000,000                                                                         
        inventories
      570,000,000 532,000,000 434,000,000 358,000,000 296,000,000 322,000,000 257,000,000 223,000,000 238,000,000 246,000,000 236,000,000 199,000,000 152,000,000 160,000,000 183,000,000 239,000,000 253,077,000    118,140,000                                                     
        other assets
      720,000,000 593,000,000 634,000,000 508,000,000 403,000,000 383,000,000 461,000,000 471,000,000 277,000,000 292,000,000 269,000,000 262,000,000 266,000,000 261,000,000 312,000,000 294,000,000 287,350,000 267,912,000 203,774,000 191,923,000 152,959,000 96,824,000 94,042,000 96,876,000 88,736,000 68,993,000 68,086,000 60,968,000 61,569,000 54,071,000 62,213,000 68,052,000 58,107,000 47,995,000 43,390,000 28,472,000 26,215,000 21,871,000 15,349,000 16,072,000 23,866,000 16,449,000 15,002,000 13,984,467 15,427,865 9,403,570 8,663,385 11,488,845 15,351,008 11,393,068 15,065,592 11,403,218 8,215,671 7,043,968 6,394,655 6,093,323 5,964,157 7,196,704 6,867,767 5,742,932 4,919,156 3,279,979 3,068,930 3,067,597 2,448,059 2,299,824 2,953,164,000,000 3,035,568 1,557,460 1,654,038 894,163 167,877 147,302 
        total current assets
      33,573,000,000 28,795,000,000 26,062,000,000 21,740,000,000 20,142,000,000 17,824,000,000 16,479,000,000 15,505,000,000 14,294,000,000 13,050,000,000 12,290,000,000 11,336,000,000 10,953,000,000 9,351,000,000 8,863,000,000 8,705,000,000 8,174,979,000 5,283,121,000 4,567,651,000 3,900,191,000 5,346,807,000 4,923,891,000 4,754,554,000 3,510,274,000 3,788,856,000 3,780,630,000 3,676,432,000 3,520,453,000 1,511,123,000 1,601,679,000 1,125,154,000 1,285,560,000 1,286,919,000 1,182,156,000 958,185,000 946,392,000 869,461,000 759,107,000 673,267,000 605,049,000 625,214,000 547,354,000 588,175,000 532,750,218 569,891,629 614,216,147 337,211,132 326,164,235 317,749,095 312,999,612 288,565,059 275,361,175 254,911,722 233,544,404 217,199,163 174,490,947 159,221,716 94,224,463 101,635,208 85,435,169 67,284,399 61,895,137 82,135,016 74,392,594 64,397,643 57,274,367 60,301,224,000,000 79,115,516 95,193,533 87,844,488 104,974,170 86,081,220 33,406,406 
        non-current assets:
                                                                               
        long-term investments
      1,764,000,000 1,336,000,000 1,388,000,000 1,321,000,000 1,203,000,000 1,226,000,000 416,000,000 249,000,000 162,000,000 149,000,000 149,000,000 278,000,000 322,000,000 375,000,000 456,000,000 121,000,000 88,598,000 38,027,000 181,411,000 175,601,000 166,111,000 6,890,000 5,790,000 269,955,000 263,983,000 3,595,000 207,047,000 275,432,000 276,136,000 2,823,000 11,394,000 33,410,000 34,720,000 45,550,000 186,322,000 170,352,000 153,803,000 155,178,000 157,832,000 187,889,000 185,733,000 209,324,000 190,152,000 205,265,042 158,839,053 52,145,285 45,001,998 45,719,737 69,806,906 59,437,585 94,956,562 85,955,584 59,418,012 49,571,882 43,084,473 41,002,762 50,201,025 101,824,319 78,846,281 65,852,573 66,112,729 54,864,792 26,627,357 24,314,404 22,402,035 13,763,469 9,218,153,000,000 3,057,065 2,244,276 1,427,431 1,323,789 1,459,271 1,447,859 
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 86 and 48
      510,000,000                                                                         
        property and equipment
      2,303,000,000 2,058,000,000 1,799,000,000 1,563,000,000 1,380,000,000 1,283,000,000 1,218,000,000 1,260,000,000 1,250,000,000 1,081,000,000 1,090,000,000 1,036,000,000 993,000,000 945,000,000 932,000,000 967,000,000 807,367,000 702,528,000 618,997,000 458,640,000 391,684,000 302,489,000 263,041,000 239,249,000 244,257,000 220,854,000 216,005,000 188,956,000 165,614,000 138,417,000 113,170,000 122,859,000 114,837,000 136,101,000 130,594,000 131,968,000 124,261,000 121,006,000 104,808,000 89,932,000 82,510,000 82,735,000 75,945,000 91,544,836 83,926,941 83,780,843 129,464,927 131,371,909 80,000,110 80,081,659 38,017,200 37,726,222 35,217,386 35,103,153 33,117,055 31,351,966 31,316,388 22,672,952 20,817,712 19,062,411 7,689,100 7,263,001 5,948,276 6,394,512 6,402,482 6,730,431 5,940,160,000,000 5,874,868 5,676,382 4,732,349 4,143,204 4,171,087 4,017,032 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      2,201,000,000 2,042,000,000 1,664,000,000 1,262,000,000 1,098,000,000 968,000,000 775,000,000 872,000,000 899,000,000 796,000,000 779,000,000 697,000,000 656,000,000 587,000,000 525,000,000 542,000,000 461,175,000 389,806,000 396,253,000 345,313,000 303,214,000 225,345,000 186,851,000 183,534,000 200,449,000 175,022,000 157,843,000 153,499,000                                              
        goodwill
      163,000,000 161,000,000 160,000,000 155,000,000 149,000,000 149,000,000 149,000,000 158,000,000 163,000,000 159,000,000 166,000,000 160,000,000 153,000,000 147,000,000 149,000,000 162,000,000 148,243,000 80,949,000 85,165,000 82,830,000 85,211,000 79,064,000 81,799,000 82,283,000 87,609,000 86,114,000 90,375,000 89,827,000 88,883,000 88,650,000 83,637,000 93,714,000 92,279,000 95,249,000 94,118,000 95,849,000 91,797,000 94,493,000 96,150,000 91,379,000 91,857,000 101,840,000 65,577,000 68,828,504 67,068,985 70,267,846 51,959,430 55,101,218 57,855,465 59,558,023 62,818,466 60,366,063 61,357,722 61,112,402 63,935,487 62,861,760 61,356,716 60,480,828 60,496,314               
        intangible assets
      33,000,000 38,000,000 39,000,000 39,000,000 12,000,000 12,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000 21,000,000 22,000,000 24,000,000 25,000,000 29,000,000 31,000,000 43,000,000 44,974,000 30,709,000 23,894,000 20,271,000 14,155,000 14,230,000 15,942,000 17,133,000 14,275,000 15,114,000 16,808,000 17,683,000 18,581,000 18,719,000 19,256,000 22,392,000 23,174,000 24,642,000 25,359,000 26,227,000 26,277,000 27,725,000 29,126,000 29,056,000 30,509,000 34,265,000 22,801,000 23,171,349 23,304,028 25,683,101 6,393,604 6,591,585 6,438,684 6,717,766 7,167,610 7,279,865 7,535,276 7,622,698 6,626,787 6,710,125 3,819,064 3,978,903 4,141,167               
        intangible assets at fair value
       78,000,000 69,000,000 53,000,000 49,000,000 34,000,000 36,000,000 40,000,000 24,000,000                                                                 
        deferred tax assets
      1,541,000,000 1,376,000,000 1,139,000,000 968,000,000 802,000,000 780,000,000 767,000,000 810,000,000 710,000,000 489,000,000 348,000,000 357,000,000 346,000,000 269,000,000 248,000,000 235,000,000 181,266,000 127,508,000 132,618,000 124,272,000 134,916,000 125,012,000 93,897,000 102,296,000 117,582,000 108,551,000 184,926,000 160,846,000 141,438,000 125,521,000 106,330,000 93,708,000 57,324,000 66,163,000 58,065,000 51,441,000 45,017,000 44,066,000 36,417,000 32,631,000 10,443,000 10,927,000 11,222,000 11,519,522 15,525,754 14,958,011 20,809,295 16,030,880 14,323,447 12,650,847 11,585,582 11,040,543 10,655,188 9,366,084 9,949,385 11,922,213 12,396,948 12,956,214 12,911,256 12,152,785 6,606,413 5,614,306 5,481,182 9,242,067 6,970,127 1,118,510 1,628,871,000,000 3,784,991 3,775,170 3,659,895 3,445,101 2,185,423 2,197,022 
        total non-current assets
      9,094,000,000 7,896,000,000 6,886,000,000 5,942,000,000 5,054,000,000 4,799,000,000 3,551,000,000 3,557,000,000 3,352,000,000 3,074,000,000 2,953,000,000 2,865,000,000 2,783,000,000 2,611,000,000 2,584,000,000 2,318,000,000 1,926,179,000 1,516,896,000 1,575,043,000 1,297,664,000 1,179,525,000 813,828,000 698,182,000 947,806,000 992,835,000 658,711,000 919,060,000 927,707,000 728,396,000 416,672,000 394,287,000 434,127,000 386,268,000 436,136,000 553,253,000 537,254,000 497,974,000 496,950,000 466,882,000 478,420,000 443,614,000 473,281,000 388,608,000 434,097,517 369,306,999 273,748,751 260,647,536 266,198,538 251,572,150 216,582,620 214,655,733 203,308,101 175,712,830 165,007,329 159,370,293 150,852,643 149,304,260 192,508,711 168,047,815 155,297,483 141,357,331 130,442,095 100,479,633 121,091,428 118,822,069 103,624,123 96,437,525,000,000 90,009,245 52,222,679 49,232,080 29,518,630 29,377,321 28,816,912 
        total assets
      42,667,000,000 36,691,000,000 32,948,000,000 27,682,000,000 25,196,000,000 22,623,000,000 20,030,000,000 19,062,000,000 17,646,000,000 16,124,000,000 15,243,000,000 14,201,000,000 13,736,000,000 11,962,000,000 11,447,000,000 11,023,000,000 10,101,158,000 6,800,017,000 6,142,694,000 5,197,855,000 6,526,332,000 5,737,719,000 5,452,736,000 4,458,080,000 4,781,691,000 4,439,341,000 4,595,492,000 4,448,160,000 2,239,519,000 2,018,351,000 1,519,441,000 1,719,687,000 1,673,187,000 1,618,292,000 1,511,438,000 1,483,646,000 1,367,435,000 1,256,057,000 1,140,149,000 1,083,469,000 1,068,828,000 1,020,635,000 976,783,000 966,847,735 939,198,628 887,964,898 597,858,668 592,362,773 569,321,245 529,582,232 503,220,792 478,669,276 430,624,552 398,551,733 376,569,456 325,343,590 308,525,976 286,733,174 269,683,023 240,732,652 208,641,730 192,337,232 182,614,649 195,484,022 183,219,712 160,898,490 156,738,749,000,000 169,124,761 147,416,212 137,076,568 134,492,800 115,458,541 62,223,318 
        liabilities
                                                                               
        current liabilities:
                                                                               
        accounts payable and accrued expenses
      4,502,000,000 4,053,000,000 3,875,000,000 3,330,000,000 3,196,000,000 2,940,000,000 2,556,000,000 2,203,000,000 2,117,000,000 1,910,000,000 1,831,000,000 1,597,000,000 1,393,000,000 1,155,000,000 1,131,000,000 1,027,000,000 1,035,860,000 906,393,000 857,622,000 612,206,000 767,336,000 509,095,000 417,759,000 295,500,000 372,309,000 342,433,000 314,703,000 246,767,000 266,759,000 230,999,000 226,101,000 228,318,000 221,095,000 181,557,000 154,423,000 108,507,000 105,106,000 95,970,000 86,068,000 77,180,000 75,820,000 67,371,000 58,160,000 58,005,734 59,144,112 40,677,870 36,582,107 34,405,333 33,211,973 31,467,967 26,744,961 23,976,613 24,298,361 24,303,699 21,727,978 19,998,140 20,333,485 17,945,181 17,232,103 14,689,150 13,779,597 14,321,381 11,583,053 16,530,006 15,275,161 17,877,233 16,941,173,000,000 18,067,876 12,903,962 11,125,966 9,278,138 7,818,585 6,260,734 
        funds payable to customers
      13,029,000,000 10,567,000,000 9,379,000,000 7,391,000,000 6,954,000,000 5,854,000,000 5,402,000,000 5,059,000,000 4,475,000,000 4,016,000,000 3,734,000,000 3,253,000,000 3,454,000,000 2,558,000,000 2,528,000,000 2,483,000,000 2,393,179,000     1,421,825,000 1,324,605,000 718,454,000 894,057,000 708,716,000 778,128,000 680,746,000 640,954,000 525,089,000 498,623,000 592,923,000 583,107,000 519,420,000 425,609,000 396,487,000 370,693,000 313,837,000 277,528,000 230,000,000 219,751,000 197,793,000 193,188,000 165,033,797 161,300,868 147,908,193 132,368,104 129,038,663 122,286,835 114,370,081 110,349,603 101,472,662 83,559,610 77,697,708 70,486,512 58,874,916 58,176,211 52,771,717 48,788,225 40,240,198 36,017,695 32,087,593 31,453,410 27,312,514 22,475,574 16,034,604 14,727,891,000,000 18,983,336 19,333,050 16,468,896 16,418,177 12,498,257 10,002,576 
        amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions
      3,584,000,000 2,943,000,000 2,556,000,000 2,121,000,000 1,923,000,000 1,681,000,000 1,480,000,000 1,329,000,000 1,072,000,000 745,000,000 585,000,000 547,000,000 483,000,000 418,000,000 433,000,000 420,000,000 336,863,000                                                         
        salaries and social security payable
      916,000,000 840,000,000 670,000,000 647,000,000 727,000,000 665,000,000 482,000,000 531,000,000 545,000,000 519,000,000 394,000,000 425,000,000 401,000,000 345,000,000 273,000,000 319,000,000 313,192,000 277,489,000 204,174,000 193,166,000 207,358,000 157,127,000 114,944,000 100,059,000 101,841,000 92,452,000 78,007,000 76,123,000 60,406,000 57,372,000 50,043,000 97,769,000 65,053,000 61,168,000 47,512,000 73,342,000 48,898,000 43,676,000 32,786,000 36,021,000 32,778,000 27,626,000 36,212,000 28,777,045 26,377,418 20,504,959 26,094,290 23,182,811 23,313,366 19,395,436 23,147,748 19,974,463 18,022,393 14,723,722                    
        taxes payable
      1,140,000,000 888,000,000 766,000,000 487,000,000 525,000,000 426,000,000 419,000,000 500,000,000 477,000,000 530,000,000 447,000,000 363,000,000 414,000,000 338,000,000 327,000,000 277,000,000 291,456,000 196,561,000 232,090,000 240,167,000 215,918,000 212,729,000 141,226,000 46,394,000 60,247,000 39,230,000 45,672,000 34,414,000 31,058,000 22,740,000 28,300,000 28,306,000 32,150,000 27,923,000 22,084,000 30,668,000 27,338,000 27,810,000 16,419,000 25,139,000 21,593,000 37,092,000 23,733,000 26,012,849 22,351,350 18,440,304 16,788,250 17,854,110 16,187,618 15,371,128 16,057,779 19,210,568 12,598,869 10,346,811 9,888,797 9,997,791 8,061,079 9,777,052 11,487,574 9,927,619 8,560,306 7,842,042 6,797,516 12,791,888 10,661,070 4,234,491 4,989,704,000,000 4,748,841 4,025,173 3,287,052 2,493,749 2,001,754 2,302,043 
        loans payable and other financial liabilities
      4,623,000,000 4,431,000,000 3,818,000,000 3,569,000,000 2,828,000,000 2,250,000,000 2,203,000,000 2,246,000,000 2,292,000,000 2,272,000,000 2,286,000,000 2,332,000,000 2,131,000,000 1,946,000,000 1,925,000,000 1,459,000,000 1,285,416,000 765,135,000 579,786,000 514,540,000 548,393,000 618,164,000 591,683,000 316,508,000 186,138,000 108,908,000 162,983,000 141,162,000 132,949,000 141,502,000 146,655,000 134,466,000 56,325,000 24,701,000 18,240,000 16,430,000 11,583,000 6,077,000 782,000 3,277,000 4,294,000 1,499,000 1,565,000 1,641,646 1,548,537 2,258,026 7,677,659 13,370,823 18,909,134 11,870,676 115,017 84,570 124,753 146,604 142,687 140,107 105,498 92,513 100,031 30,905 56,121  3,213,992 6,343,964 15,465,001 18,490,600 14,963,421,000,000       
        operating lease liabilities
      430,000,000 401,000,000 344,000,000 284,000,000 241,000,000 201,000,000 138,000,000 163,000,000 166,000,000 171,000,000 166,000,000 159,000,000 142,000,000 121,000,000 108,000,000 109,000,000 92,343,000 83,677,000 80,597,000 67,264,000 55,246,000 39,620,000 25,113,000 23,025,000 23,259,000 17,441,000 13,957,000 12,585,000                                              
        other liabilities
      409,000,000 399,000,000 342,000,000 236,000,000 209,000,000 215,000,000 167,000,000 154,000,000 119,000,000 122,000,000 152,000,000 132,000,000 129,000,000 106,000,000 98,000,000 134,000,000 88,393,000 70,193,000 75,812,000 49,635,000 108,534,000 48,700,000 44,449,000 76,560,000 114,469,000 75,630,000 56,059,000 56,418,000 34,098,000 11,830,000 25,342,000 4,069,000 3,678,000 1,400,000 1,545,000 5,606,000 6,359,000 2,319,000 2,148,000 8,087,000 6,796,000 8,048,000 4,081,000 4,176,830 3,246,534 3,330,166 3,775,268 3,699,109 3,783,877 3,395,767 3,575,796 2,837,150 2,520,584 2,213,237 2,153,587 1,770,821 2,184,761 1,905,713 1,651,398 1,327,673 1,090,392 1,123,168 1,402,715 1,251,630 1,335,901 1,116,395 1,058,848,000,000 1,129,760 1,204,958 1,062,421 1,068,155 948,406 3,678,423 
        total current liabilities
      28,633,000,000 24,522,000,000 21,750,000,000 18,065,000,000 16,603,000,000 14,313,000,000 12,914,000,000 12,256,000,000 11,297,000,000 10,306,000,000 9,616,000,000 8,827,000,000 8,562,000,000 7,002,000,000 6,823,000,000 6,228,000,000 5,836,702,000 4,286,531,000 3,869,290,000 3,204,949,000 3,635,880,000 3,007,260,000 2,659,779,000 1,576,500,000 1,752,320,000 1,384,810,000 1,449,509,000 1,248,215,000 1,166,224,000 989,532,000 975,064,000 1,085,851,000 968,032,000 822,793,000 676,037,000 637,664,000 576,601,000 496,313,000 422,355,000 386,328,000 367,311,000 345,679,000 323,160,000 292,622,153 282,915,806 240,449,064 226,839,956 224,165,609 220,222,795 198,789,157 182,728,977 169,531,272 143,416,022 132,030,580 120,203,112 104,264,446 100,753,412 93,892,486 88,394,467 73,895,695 65,524,136 58,656,245 60,492,892 69,675,040 69,891,627 60,740,748 56,309,885,000,000 66,537,511 43,264,352 39,699,549 41,751,506 29,027,619 25,632,108 
        non-current liabilities:
                                                                               
        deferred tax liabilities
      372,000,000 341,000,000 293,000,000 270,000,000 204,000,000 193,000,000 159,000,000 226,000,000 183,000,000 163,000,000 112,000,000 117,000,000 106,000,000 36,000,000 32,000,000 42,000,000 62,496,000 54,951,000 48,529,000 41,233,000 64,354,000 72,061,000 65,273,000 98,048,000 99,952,000 96,925,000 98,997,000 97,006,000 91,698,000 92,322,000 23,166,000 25,542,000 23,819,000 40,435,000 37,696,000 36,830,000 34,059,000 36,070,000 32,099,000 28,320,000 1,731,000 1,702,000 1,673,000 1,644,706 1,617,441 18,294,662 5,511,531 5,339,359 8,535,181 8,134,726 8,731,036 8,975,290 8,367,423 8,554,494 8,481,593 8,219,638 4,726,032 5,149,708 5,167,699 6,439,580 6,413,934 5,971,114 5,170,799 5,279,199 4,922,046 2,370,161 2,556,120,000,000 2,587,639 1,967,766 1,670,766    
        total non-current liabilities
      7,286,000,000 5,951,000,000 5,485,000,000 4,613,000,000 4,242,000,000 4,308,000,000 3,460,000,000 3,416,000,000 3,278,000,000 3,077,000,000 3,375,000,000 3,334,000,000 3,347,000,000 3,329,000,000 3,044,000,000 3,206,000,000 2,732,765,000 2,390,510,000 2,192,374,000 2,023,310,000 1,238,874,000 934,933,000 885,865,000 916,170,000 947,408,000 917,514,000 901,371,000 887,199,000 736,595,000 687,067,000 389,640,000 380,969,000 379,376,000 389,343,000 376,386,000 363,738,000 361,980,000 364,757,000 353,227,000 344,075,000 338,065,000 330,513,000 322,505,000 318,437,172 311,433,529 309,000,729 17,153,356 20,713,556 20,897,909 17,889,013 16,483,396 15,324,378 15,102,774 14,680,099 14,686,528 13,225,101 10,143,394 9,735,552 9,570,286 10,677,260 9,396,082 10,434,277 7,928,520 7,399,030 6,900,108 4,631,162 7,004,883,000,000 3,717,399 3,178,683 2,742,205 1,068,155 948,406 9,723,764 
        total liabilities
      35,919,000,000 30,473,000,000 27,235,000,000 22,678,000,000 20,845,000,000 18,621,000,000 16,374,000,000 15,672,000,000 14,575,000,000 13,383,000,000 12,991,000,000 12,161,000,000 11,909,000,000 10,331,000,000 9,867,000,000 9,434,000,000 8,569,467,000 6,677,041,000 6,061,664,000 5,228,259,000 4,874,754,000 3,942,193,000 3,545,644,000 2,492,670,000 2,699,728,000 2,302,324,000 2,350,880,000 2,135,414,000 1,902,819,000 1,676,599,000 1,364,704,000 1,466,820,000 1,347,408,000 1,212,136,000 1,052,423,000 1,001,402,000 938,581,000 861,070,000 775,582,000 730,403,000 705,376,000 676,192,000 645,665,000 611,059,325 594,349,335 549,449,793 243,993,312 244,879,165 241,120,704 216,678,170 199,212,373 184,855,650 158,518,796 146,710,679 134,889,640 117,489,547 110,896,806 103,628,038 97,964,753 84,572,955 74,920,218 69,090,522 68,421,412 77,074,070 76,791,735 65,371,910 63,314,768,000,000 70,254,910 46,443,035 42,441,754 42,819,661 29,976,025 35,355,872 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                               
        equity
                                                                               
        common stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                 44,154 44,154 44,154 44,154 44,153 44,153 44,153 44,153 44,151 44,151 44,149 44,147 44,142 44,142 44,132 44,131 44,131 44,129 44,126 44,120 44,114 44,089 44,074 44,071,000,000 44,297 44,292 44,228 44,227   
        additional paid-in capital
      1,771,000,000 1,771,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,770,000,000 1,959,000,000 2,309,000,000 2,309,000,000 2,309,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,308,000,000 2,439,345,000 919,584,000 455,206,000 275,632,000 1,860,502,000 1,930,984,000 1,964,140,000 2,068,048,000 2,067,869,000 2,075,693,000 2,009,497,000 2,097,142,000 224,800,000 221,719,000 24,969,000 24,969,000 70,661,000 70,674,000 137,982,000 137,982,000 137,982,000 137,979,000 137,979,000 137,979,000 137,842,000 137,787,000 137,692,000 137,644,989 137,572,237 137,572,237 120,595,008 121,562,193 120,491,485 120,491,485 120,471,777 120,468,759 120,468,759 120,465,461 120,463,063 120,440,906 120,429,310 120,426,216 120,391,622 120,366,356 120,375,178 120,320,530 120,257,998 120,196,731 120,104,599 119,904,615 119,807,007,000,000 122,172,907 122,001,703 121,915,938 121,890,138 121,881,108 2,478,883 
        treasury stock
      -312,000,000 -312,000,000 -311,000,000 -311,000,000 -311,000,000 -311,000,000 -311,000,000 -310,000,000 -310,000,000 -587,000,000 -1,138,000,000 -992,000,000 -931,000,000 -898,000,000 -858,000,000 -829,000,000 -789,982,000 -744,102,000 -276,220,000 -80,126,000 -54,805,000 -40,391,000 -1,440,000 -720,000 -720,000 -720,000                      -1,012,216                          
        retained earnings
      5,809,000,000 5,250,000,000 4,829,000,000 4,306,000,000 3,812,000,000 3,173,000,000 2,776,000,000 2,245,000,000 1,901,000,000 1,735,000,000 1,376,000,000 1,114,000,000 913,000,000 748,000,000 619,000,000 496,000,000 397,419,000 443,523,000 348,298,000 280,103,000 314,115,000 364,967,000 350,860,000 295,913,000 322,592,000 377,590,000 524,672,000 509,455,000 503,432,000 505,768,000 515,846,000 527,098,000 537,925,000 612,269,000 591,227,000 592,535,000 550,641,000 505,915,000 473,627,000 464,393,000 406,353,000 365,261,000 350,346,000 353,173,098 326,684,667 300,359,917 333,404,534 310,345,448 275,583,588 252,781,049 229,466,188 218,083,844 192,668,273 171,253,118 150,867,488 118,262,734 95,498,168 84,208,680 73,681,556 57,742,063 38,951,100 27,277,138            
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      -520,000,000 -491,000,000 -575,000,000 -761,000,000 -920,000,000 -630,000,000 -579,000,000 -315,000,000 -290,000,000 -366,000,000 -295,000,000 -391,000,000 -464,000,000 -527,000,000 -489,000,000 -386,000,000 -515,141,000 -496,078,000 -446,304,000 -506,063,000 -468,284,000 -509,511,000 -505,361,000 -496,724,000 -406,671,000 -414,439,000 -388,449,000 -392,588,000 -391,577,000 -385,780,000 -386,122,000 -299,244,000 -282,851,000 -276,831,000 -270,238,000 -248,317,000 -259,813,000 -248,951,000 -247,083,000 -249,350,000 -180,787,000 -158,649,000 -156,964,000 -135,073,831 -123,451,765 -103,461,203 -104,178,340 -87,455,970 -71,918,685 -64,412,625 -49,973,699 -48,783,128 -45,075,427 -43,921,674 -33,694,882 -34,304,372 -18,342,450 -21,573,892 -22,399,039 -21,992,853 -25,648,895 -24,395,084 -23,765,418 -8,201,860 -10,239,410 -14,261,029        
        total equity
      6,748,000,000 6,218,000,000 5,713,000,000 5,004,000,000 4,351,000,000 4,002,000,000 3,656,000,000 3,390,000,000 3,071,000,000 2,741,000,000 2,252,000,000 2,040,000,000 1,827,000,000 1,631,000,000 1,580,000,000 1,589,000,000 1,531,691,000 122,976,000 81,030,000 -30,404,000 1,651,578,000 1,746,099,000 1,808,249,000 1,866,567,000 1,983,120,000 2,038,174,000 2,145,769,000 2,214,058,000 336,700,000 341,752,000 154,737,000 252,867,000 325,779,000 406,156,000 459,015,000 482,244,000 428,854,000 394,987,000 364,567,000 353,066,000 363,452,000 344,443,000 331,118,000 355,788,410 340,849,293 334,515,105 349,865,356 343,483,608 324,200,541 308,904,062 300,008,419 289,813,626 268,105,756 247,841,054 237,679,816 207,854,043                  
        total liabilities and equity
      42,667,000,000 36,691,000,000 32,948,000,000 27,682,000,000 25,196,000,000 22,623,000,000 20,030,000,000 19,062,000,000 17,646,000,000 16,124,000,000 15,243,000,000 14,201,000,000 13,736,000,000 11,962,000,000 11,447,000,000 11,023,000,000 10,101,158,000 6,800,017,000 6,142,694,000 5,197,855,000         2,239,519,000 2,018,351,000 1,519,441,000 1,719,687,000 1,673,187,000 1,618,292,000 1,511,438,000 1,483,646,000 1,367,435,000 1,256,057,000 1,140,149,000 1,083,469,000 1,068,828,000 1,020,635,000 976,783,000             325,343,590                  
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 2,762 and 1,630
       7,810,000,000                                                                        
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 68 and 48
       382,000,000                                                                        
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 2,413 and 1,630
        6,607,000,000                                                                       
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 50 and 48
        277,000,000                                                                       
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 2,001 and 1,630
         5,501,000,000                                                                      
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 53 and 48
         225,000,000                                                                      
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,630 and 1,042
          4,716,000,000                                                                     
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 48 and 42
          179,000,000                                                                     
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,565 and 1,042
           4,248,000,000                                                                    
        customer crypto-assets safeguarding assets
           81,000,000 67,000,000 71,000,000 34,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000                                                            
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 47 and 42
           156,000,000                                                                    
        customer crypto-assets safeguarding liabilities
           81,000,000 67,000,000 71,000,000 34,000,000 21,000,000 21,000,000 19,000,000 15,000,000 15,000,000                                                            
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,312 and 1,042
            3,440,000,000                                                                   
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 41 and 42
            111,000,000                                                                   
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,197 and 1,042
             3,119,000,000                                                                  
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 46 and 42
             86,000,000                                                                  
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,042 and 1,074
              2,629,000,000                                                                 
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 42 and 30
              65,000,000                                                                 
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 989 and 1,074
               2,336,000,000                                                                
        prepaid expenses
               43,000,000 55,000,000 45,000,000 38,000,000 62,000,000 77,000,000 79,000,000 40,426,000 52,337,000 58,143,000 43,291,000 28,378,000 28,387,000 23,141,000 35,294,000 45,309,000 17,898,000 18,618,000 24,132,000 27,477,000 11,013,000 14,410,000 21,862,000 5,864,000 8,199,000 9,570,000 14,846,000 15,060,000 6,299,000 6,004,000 7,319,000 7,614,000 5,332,000 6,433,000 3,457,693 5,878,124 4,982,687 4,554,266 3,836,081 4,158,163 3,522,020 3,082,814 2,080,079 2,232,034 1,940,811 1,955,533 1,140,002 1,331,890 843,908 913,262 681,923 506,921 471,733 547,138 1,041,145 526,628 804,176 426,869,000,000 793,683 841,083 1,982,101 283,477 590,898 1,232,682 
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 35 and 30
               42,000,000                                                                
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,095 and 1,074
                2,051,000,000                                                               
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 28 and 30
                76,000,000                                                               
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,116 and 1,074
                 1,877,000,000                                                              
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 25 and 30
                 31,000,000                                                              
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 1,074 and 408
                  1,704,000,000                                                             
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 30 and 27
                  32,000,000                                                             
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 974 and 408
                   1,724,000,000                                                            
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 34 and 27
                   42,000,000                                                            
        50,294,893 and 50,418,980 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        2022 and december 31, 2021
                                                                               
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 807 and 408
                    1,790,000,000                                                           
        loans receivable, net of allowances of 35 and 27
                    55,000,000                                                           
        50,338,275 and 50,418,980 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        credit cards receivable and other means of payments
                     2,512,000,000 1,839,389,000 1,428,454,000 1,189,802,000 883,670,000 863,073,000 660,402,000                                                    
        loans receivable
                     1,657,000,000 1,199,059,000 772,753,000 547,183,000 416,600,000 385,036,000 239,135,000 139,148,000 141,419,000 182,105,000 176,074,000 192,881,000 134,640,000 95,778,000 90,827,000 112,066,000 122,328,000 73,409,000 51,843,000 25,290,000 11,380,000 6,283,000                                     
        50,377,981 and 50,418,980 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        50,418,980 and 49,869,727 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2021 and december 31, 2020
                      50,000 49,000 50,000 50,000                                                      
        inventory
                       226,694,000 169,449,000 131,460,000  46,644,000 20,831,000 12,114,000 8,626,000 10,132,000 5,950,000 3,003,000 4,612,000 7,395,000 7,938,000 3,362,000 2,549,000 2,309,000 1,034,000 432,000 1,103,000 1,388,000 990,000 420,000 135,000                                 
        funds payable to customers and amounts due to merchants
                       1,987,083,000 1,839,209,000 1,527,971,000 1,733,095,000                                                     
        49,458,958 and 49,869,727 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        49,711,650 and 49,869,727 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        49,852,319 and 49,869,727 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        redeemable convertible preferred stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                               
        authorized, 100,000 shares issued and outstanding at december 31, 2019
                              98,843,000                                                 
        49,869,727 and 49,709,955 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2020 and december 31, 2019
                          50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000                                                  
        total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and equity
                          6,526,332,000 5,737,719,000 5,452,736,000 4,458,080,000 4,781,691,000 4,439,341,000 4,595,492,000 4,448,160,000                                              
        50,000 and 100,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                           49,427,000                                                    
        49,776,613 and 49,709,955 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        credit cards receivable and other means of payment
                            646,739,000                                                   
        100,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                            98,843,000                                                   
        49,709,955 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        credit cards receivable
                             366,803,000 379,969,000 288,588,000 433,046,000 308,468,000 360,298,000    521,130,000    307,904,000                                     
        100,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                             98,843,000                                                  
        49,709,955 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        49,709,955 and 45,202,859 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2019 and december 31, 2018
                              50,000 50,000 49,000 49,000                                              
        authorized, 100,000 shares issued and outstanding at september 30, 2019
                               98,843,000                                                
        49,709,955 and 45,202,859 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        authorized, 100,000 shares issued and outstanding at june 30, 2019
                                98,843,000                                               
        49,318,543 and 45,202,859 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        authorized, 100,000 shares issued and outstanding at march 31, 2019
                                 98,688,000                                              
        49,318,498 and 45,202,859 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        liabilities and equity
                                                                               
        dividends payable
                                      6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 6,624,000 4,548,000 4,548,000 4,548,000 7,329,546 7,329,546 7,329,546 7,329,546 6,313,869 6,313,869 6,313,869 6,313,869 4,812,396 4,812,036 4,812,036 4,812,036 3,531,362 3,531,337 3,530,510                
        equity:
                                                                               
        45,202,859 and 44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2018 and december 31, 2017
                                  45,000 45,000 44,000 44,000                                          
        credit cards receivables
                                   266,461,000 307,614,000 530,185,000  406,883,000 265,212,000 300,612,000  226,818,000 215,437,000 193,666,000 187,566,000 130,971,000 133,644,000 85,162,276 86,469,055 59,432,409 54,322,496 52,045,851 37,867,650 61,619,241 40,679,729 35,816,506                      
        45,201,662 and 44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2017 and december 31, 2016
                                      44,000 44,000                                        
        44,157,364 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        2017 and december 31, 2016, respectively
                                        44,000 44,000                                      
        44,157,364 and 44,156,854 shares issued and outstanding at december 31,
                                                                               
        2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                          44,000 44,000 44,000 44,000                                  
        44,157,341 and 44,156,854 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        44,157,341 and 44,156,854 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        44,157,341 and 44,156,854 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        44,156,024 and 44,154,572 shares issued and outstanding at september 30,
                                                                               
        2015 and december 31, 2014, respectively
                                              44,000 44,000 44,000                               
        44,155,589 and 44,154,572 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                               
        44,154,932 and 44,154,572 shares issued and outstanding at march 31,
                                                                               
        redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                  4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000                   
        total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and equity
                                                 966,847,735 939,198,628 887,964,898 597,858,668 592,362,773 569,321,245 529,582,232 503,220,792 478,669,276 430,624,552 398,551,733 376,569,456                   
        advance for fixed assets
                                                      26,167,766                         
        credits cards receivables
                                                          39,799,359 28,021,663 23,964,431                   
        payroll and social security payable
                                                            13,145,102 11,722,130 10,545,802 9,775,513 10,786,534 9,007,823 7,110,417 4,405,229            
        funds receivable from customers
                                                             13,244,197 7,910,434 5,633,787 6,151,518 4,688,610 3,406,625 3,238,299 3,785,802 3,063,360 1,922,470 3,209,827 2,322,416,000,000 34,893,877 36,094,640 25,639,164 29,162,763 17,216,572 11,189,050 
        total equity of mercadolibre, inc.
                                                             204,443,410                  
        noncontrolling interest
                                                             3,410,633                  
        liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                                               
        shareholders’ equity:
                                                                               
        total shareholders’ equity
                                                              197,629,170 183,105,136 171,718,270 156,159,697 133,721,512 123,246,710 114,193,237 118,409,952 106,427,977 95,526,580 93,423,981,000,000 98,869,851 100,973,177 94,634,814 91,673,139 85,482,516  
        total liabilities and shareholders’ equity
                                                              308,525,976 286,733,174 269,683,023 240,732,652 208,641,730 192,337,232 182,614,649 195,484,022 183,219,712 160,898,490 156,738,749,000,000 169,124,761 147,416,212 137,076,568    
        goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                 64,790,278 62,932,379 63,769,288 64,338,564 75,525,514 74,488,034 71,431,003 72,911,546,000,000 80,592,075 43,893,181 42,812,153 23,428,646 23,018,001 22,645,835 
        social security payable
                                                                    7,428,340 6,608,619 5,544,684 3,538,167 4,387,943,000,000 5,227,666 4,241,352 5,102,313 3,778,236 3,622,343 2,954,455 
        provisions
                                                                    16,581 88,049 470,137 565,653 299,753,000,000 1,012,021 93,623 95,808 69,979 36,100 18,230 
        loans payable
                                                                        3,050,061,000,000 18,497,771 2,667,192 3,619,514 9,713,227 3,050,580 415,647 
        retained earnings /
                                                                    17,656,537 6,370,967          
        accumulated deficit
                                                                      -3,481,301 -10,161,080 -15,552,256,000,000 -23,473,353 -29,349,145 -32,296,240 -34,363,917 -39,686,310 -42,471,784 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                        -10,874,841,000,000 126,000 8,276,327 4,970,888 4,102,691 3,243,491 2,398,135 
        mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock, 0.001 par value...
                                                                               
        shareholders’ equity
                                                                               
        total liabilities, mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock and shareholders’ equity
                                                                            134,492,800 115,458,541  
        other current assets
                                                                             678,950 386,502 
        mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                              64,323,984 
        common stock, 0.001 and 0.01 par value...
                                                                             44,227  
        liabilities and shareholders' deficit
                                                                               
        shareholders' deficit:
                                                                               
        common stock, 0.01 par value...
                                                                              138,228 
        total shareholders' deficit
                                                                              -37,456,538 
        total liabilities, mandatorily redeemable convertible preferred stock and shareholders' deficit
                                                                              62,223,318 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 
                                                                                
          cash flows from operations:
                                                                                
          net income
        559,000,000 421,000,000 523,000,000 494,000,000 639,000,000 397,000,000 531,000,000 344,000,000 165,000,000 359,000,000 262,000,000 201,000,000 165,000,000 129,000,000 123,000,000 65,000,000 -46,104,000 95,225,000 68,195,000 -34,012,000 -50,580,000 15,035,000 55,947,000 -21,109,000 -53,998,000 -146,082,000 16,217,000 11,864,000 -2,336,000 -10,078,000 -11,252,000 -12,919,000  27,666,000 5,316,000 48,518,000  30,247,000                19,637,038 21,605,144 26,296,450 14,820,825 14,057,634 15,939,493 18,790,963 11,673,962 9,620,601 11,285,570 9,852,268 6,679,779 5,391,176  5,875,792 2,947,095 2,067,677 5,322,393 2,785,474 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                
          impairment of equity securities held at cost
                                                                                
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated entity
                -3,000,000                                                             
          unrealized foreign currency losses
        160,000,000 202,000,000 97,000,000 -2,000,000 110,000,000 53,000,000 114,000,000 9,000,000 -11,000,000 193,000,000 188,000,000 117,000,000                                                             
          depreciation and amortization
        238,000,000 209,000,000 199,000,000 172,000,000 152,000,000 157,000,000 154,000,000 154,000,000 135,000,000 135,000,000 128,000,000 126,000,000 122,000,000 97,000,000 100,000,000 84,000,000 67,181,000 52,236,000 46,109,000 38,416,000 32,556,000 28,234,000 22,652,000 21,550,000 20,802,000 19,543,000 17,281,000 15,694,000 11,931,000 11,295,000 11,482,000 11,084,000 10,968,000 10,870,000 10,080,000 9,003,000 8,324,000 6,252,000  5,986,000 5,889,000 5,081,000 4,600,737 4,762,890 4,064,170 3,519,100 3,285,174 3,137,368 2,834,684 2,621,339 2,547,083 2,354,739 2,090,847 1,966,624 2,018,907 1,943,373 1,764,652 1,541,143 1,327,494 1,406,803 1,240,480 946,873 934,475 1,013,895 988,891 956,491  955,148 813,252 707,450 639,731 566,868 
          accrued interest, financial income and other revenues
                                                                                
          non cash interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges
        125,000,000 98,000,000 105,000,000 68,000,000 36,000,000 -4,000,000 34,000,000 48,000,000 45,000,000                                                                
          provision for doubtful accounts
        983,000,000 815,000,000 690,000,000 603,000,000 527,000,000 507,000,000 450,000,000 374,000,000 299,000,000 277,000,000 222,000,000 252,000,000                                                             
          provision for contingencies
        35,000,000 20,000,000 28,000,000 23,000,000                                                                     
          results on derivative instruments
        21,000,000 44,000,000 24,000,000 28,000,000 -24,000,000 -19,000,000 1,000,000 13,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 11,000,000                                                             
          results on digital assets at fair value
        3,000,000 -9,000,000 -16,000,000 12,000,000 -15,000,000 2,000,000 4,000,000 -16,000,000                                                                 
          long term retention program (“ltrp”) accrued compensation
        51,000,000 64,000,000 96,000,000 92,000,000 51,000,000 83,000,000 59,000,000 68,000,000 45,000,000 39,000,000 36,000,000 47,000,000                                                             
          deferred income taxes
        -159,000,000 -156,000,000 -94,000,000 -60,000,000 -76,000,000 24,000,000 -126,000,000 -65,000,000 -200,000,000 -108,000,000 16,000,000 8,000,000 -1,000,000 -29,000,000 -43,000,000 -24,000,000 -47,864,000 1,972,000 12,423,000 3,988,000 -11,830,000 -27,340,000 -26,946,000 -4,199,000 -13,187,000 64,383,000 -20,287,000 -14,456,000 -17,310,000 -20,457,000 -24,217,000 -30,601,000 -9,806,000 -4,318,000 -7,653,000 -2,798,000 -293,000 -1,896,000  -1,530,000 1,618,000 6,118,000 -3,722,188 -7,842,496 -3,996,944 -4,675,345 -3,840,898 -2,191,614 -1,674,763 -140,238 321,176 -959,508 336,780 -190,810 -151,380 -310,036 1,167,347 316,866 -102,268 -5,851,513 -691,718 -407,531 -2,587,236 -1,389,431 -93,599 462,974  -361,767 391,843 -198,224 -709,957 -20,377 
          changes in assets and liabilities:
                                                                                
          receivables
                                                                                
          inventories
        -48,000,000 -87,000,000 -54,000,000 -46,000,000 -3,000,000 -65,000,000 -56,000,000 11,000,000 16,000,000 -19,000,000 -27,000,000 -39,000,000 12,000,000 21,000,000 43,000,000 38,000,000                                                         
          other assets
        -257,000,000 9,000,000 4,000,000 -247,000,000 -38,000,000 -65,000,000 -3,000,000 -202,000,000 34,000,000 -56,000,000 -23,000,000 -10,000,000 -30,000,000 21,000,000 -51,000,000 -30,000,000 -26,785,000 -56,409,000 -56,606,000 -34,882,000 -95,579,000 -11,275,000 -1,169,000 -5,796,000 -25,131,000 -11,608,000 -7,566,000 -5,085,000 -154,000 6,978,000 -11,432,000 -13,009,000 -23,252,000 -9,454,000 -17,602,000 -4,472,000 -8,560,000 -6,738,000  -8,967,000 -1,816,000 -2,306,000 97,074 -7,565,750 562,428 924,587 -16,893,980 -4,471,685 2,833,670 -4,595,498 -3,716,856 -1,639,007 -947,241 493,886 -1,304,710 -6,295,905 1,137,732 -70,095 -1,043,302 -864,627 -1,642,837 -92,884 486,880 662,041 -1,275,150 -2,465,124  -1,653,987 21,714 273,814 -394,878 -313,023 
          payables and accrued expenses
        769,000,000 295,000,000 614,000,000 -191,000,000 638,000,000 473,000,000 403,000,000 81,000,000 620,000,000 297,000,000 201,000,000 107,000,000 299,000,000 118,000,000 180,000,000 -148,000,000 252,723,000 116,680,000 154,127,000 -143,763,000 226,477,000 187,704,000 213,201,000 -43,101,000 54,577,000 47,120,000                                               
          funds payable to customers
        2,734,000,000 971,000,000 1,578,000,000 58,000,000 1,725,000,000 414,000,000 739,000,000 727,000,000 1,062,000,000 321,000,000 361,000,000 -242,000,000 828,000,000 97,000,000 208,000,000 -89,000,000      105,680,000 627,651,000 -21,344,000 172,214,000 -23,342,000 54,691,000 63,730,000 92,489,000 50,396,000 11,900,000 20,613,000 90,402,000 88,471,000 49,235,000 13,929,000 63,738,000 23,684,000  48,932,000 3,323,000 48,683,000 12,657,999 26,444,675 14,603,783 7,365,588 15,078,267 10,523,900 13,100,351 8,854,986 19,904,606 6,522,835 13,620,823 -159,063 11,823,284 9,333,628 3,646,741 3,072,102 8,064,743 2,654,727 4,320,880 418,066 4,251,781 3,264,524 3,583,022 1,322,085  2,850,721 1,316,568 -141,227 2,010,732 2,495,681 
          amounts payable due to credit and debit card transactions
        826,000,000 351,000,000 328,000,000 87,000,000 452,000,000 181,000,000 288,000,000 292,000,000 438,000,000 128,000,000 64,000,000 63,000,000 51,000,000 -3,000,000 52,000,000 28,000,000                                                         
          other liabilities
        -111,000,000 359,000,000 -144,000,000 41,000,000 -185,000,000 12,000,000 -50,000,000 109,000,000 -3,000,000 -38,000,000 -86,000,000 39,000,000 5,000,000 -32,000,000   -15,634,000 699,000 -1,304,000 -62,768,000 35,243,000 3,305,000 -40,928,000 -32,206,000 27,339,000 14,526,000 -9,148,000 12,735,000 22,125,000 -14,136,000 17,172,000 3,041,000 3,977,000 4,201,000 -621,000 123,000 -181,000 1,152,000  2,878,000 -833,000 181,000 -282,204 606,331 1,032,880 318,251 521,440 131,625 36,199 2,297,188 223,610 381,833 390,028 158,139 217,822 -157,590 210,493 220,113 2,834,430 -1,143,933 -1,312,281 -467,618 389,934 -510,307 -513,748 -78,893  -1,720,346 -1,132,391 1,156,170 50,433 127,809 
          operating lease liabilities
        -132,000,000                                                                        
          interest received from investments
        164,000,000 200,000,000 93,000,000 127,000,000 59,000,000 32,000,000 53,000,000 85,000,000 42,000,000 89,000,000 69,000,000 55,000,000 39,000,000 30,000,000 28,000,000 26,000,000 12,569,000 7,696,000 5,369,000 9,478,000 15,948,000 8,312,000 12,792,000 14,805,000 14,250,000 18,083,000 13,756,000 3,536,000 5,747,000 2,920,000 4,154,000 3,912,000 4,058,000 7,702,000 6,773,000 4,015,000 4,371,000 4,386,000  3,287,000 1,789,000 2,824,000 2,712,591 2,719,270 2,004,162 2,245,543 2,780,094 2,301,259                         
          net cash from operating activities
        5,209,000,000 2,959,000,000 2,917,000,000 1,031,000,000 2,924,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,882,000,000 1,512,000,000 1,928,000,000 941,000,000 1,412,000,000 859,000,000 1,542,000,000 724,000,000 907,000,000 -233,000,000 700,696,000 265,306,000 262,038,000 -262,997,000 256,557,000 361,310,000 650,336,000 -85,651,000 78,274,000 206,892,000 27,554,000 138,371,000 34,806,000 88,947,000 144,160,000 -37,006,000 26,621,000 16,075,000 121,557,000 104,757,000 42,577,000 -11,802,000 110,121,000 14,448,000 58,652,000 38,179,000 58,354,397 50,531,661 60,280,649 27,626,577 19,664,909 63,686,688 29,070,267 30,091,497 56,183,251 25,219,348 39,502,608 18,986,182 27,131,959 28,561,358 18,563,337 15,168,977 25,906,793 15,897,890 14,637,222 11,454,548 23,139,467 13,880,024 8,172,056 4,509,439 38,428,998 9,503,408 -331,077 6,898,671 -926,324 2,297,527 
          cash flows from investing activities:
                                                                                
          purchases of investments
        -4,871,000,000 -3,434,000,000 -2,207,000,000 -4,242,000,000 -4,327,000,000 -3,665,000,000 -4,623,000,000 -4,095,000,000 -3,396,000,000 -5,494,000,000 -4,922,000,000 -5,124,000,000                                                             
          proceeds from sale and maturity of investments
        5,348,000,000 4,439,000,000 2,898,000,000 3,905,000,000 3,873,000,000 2,595,000,000 3,766,000,000 3,728,000,000 3,253,000,000 4,924,000,000 4,819,000,000 5,104,000,000 3,162,000,000 2,818,000,000 2,618,000,000 2,425,000,000 1,002,137,000 1,223,848,000 2,985,879,000 2,588,681,000 2,450,820,000 1,171,332,000 660,351,000 1,249,960,000 1,113,138,000 1,154,007,000 646,749,000 439,712,000 698,320,000 573,767,000 706,804,000 683,909,000 1,342,391,000 1,171,371,000 1,324,132,000 876,040,000 983,175,000 659,309,000  498,092,000 494,422,000 431,636,000 831,865,989 752,858,128 366,391,455 379,720,253 371,575,530 353,827,149 302,973,077 146,413,859 152,435,072 133,595,393 103,257,523 83,583,664 68,305,250 97,435,516 90,270,716 80,823,544 24,917,332 24,284,956 14,136,644 12,723,697 32,960,635 16,536,399 1,008,723 31,222,728  29,861,293 -2,871,920 63,604,369   
          payments for acquired businesses, net of cash acquired
                                                                                
          proceeds from settlements of derivative instruments
                                                                                
          payments from settlements of derivative instruments
        -53,000,000 -30,000,000   -2,000,000 -7,000,000 -5,000,000 -9,000,000 -35,000,000 -6,000,000 -8,000,000                                                             
          changes in loans receivable
        -2,073,000,000 -1,730,000,000 -1,621,000,000 -1,235,000,000 -1,372,000,000 -1,326,000,000 -1,044,000,000 -946,000,000 -582,000,000                                                                
          investments in property and equipment, intangible assets and intangible assets at fair value
        -427,000,000 -357,000,000 -287,000,000 -272,000,000                                                                     
          proceeds from sales of intangible assets at fair value
                                                                                
          net cash from investing activities
        -2,001,000,000 -1,111,000,000 -1,225,000,000 -1,842,000,000 -2,128,000,000 -2,608,000,000 -2,085,000,000 -1,466,000,000 -914,000,000 -1,330,000,000 -668,000,000 -538,000,000 -646,000,000 -664,000,000 -1,337,000,000 -1,224,000,000 -709,123,000 -630,851,000 -158,626,000 -97,933,000 585,949,000 -290,102,000 -397,946,000 -150,082,000 -174,397,000 141,553,000 -154,861,000 -1,260,085,000 -694,606,000 -6,725,000 52,969,000 -24,097,000 -114,459,000 132,889,000 -1,924,000 -39,147,000 7,671,000 777,000  -126,000 -98,041,000 3,309,000 -50,757,723 -194,616,847 -62,870,961 -14,145,723 -412,497 -74,458,524 -7,724,073 3,806,347 -47,294,349 -9,077,053 -21,447,862 -6,802,918 -15,170,017 -8,454,432 -22,052,213 -21,205,754 -14,073,387 -3,449,576 -18,270,620 -23,040,438 -1,979,722 7,695,181 -3,711,512 -5,090,220  -14,215,492 5,081,290 -2,992,577 -3,456,490 -41,087,455 
          cash flows from financing activities:
                                                                                
          proceeds from loans payable and other financial liabilities
        13,347,000,000 11,978,000,000 9,794,000,000 8,931,000,000 6,897,000,000 5,252,000,000 3,804,000,000 3,519,000,000 5,573,000,000 7,073,000,000 6,340,000,000 5,977,000,000 4,539,000,000 5,163,000,000 3,991,000,000 3,324,000,000 3,205,613,000 2,554,081,000 1,662,392,000 1,839,617,000 506,561,000 109,116,000 1,031,423,000 749,617,000 458,288,000 76,000,000 61,626,000 33,977,000 80,798,000 9,409,000 65,741,000 80,925,000 34,752,000 5,353,000 3,510,000 4,290,000 7,543,000                                    
          payments on loans payable and other financing liabilities
        -11,948,000,000 -11,519,000,000 -9,168,000,000 -8,453,000,000 -6,127,000,000 -4,514,000,000 -3,314,000,000 -3,506,000,000 -5,488,000,000 -6,784,000,000 -6,547,000,000 -6,022,000,000         -369,427,000 -62,187,000 -760,161,000 -593,497,000 -368,835,000 -48,826,000 -31,420,000 -23,816,000  -63,812,000 -10,310,000 -4,583,000  -1,335,000 -94,000 -2,875,000                                     
          payments of finance lease liabilities
        -17,000,000 -14,000,000 -13,000,000 -13,000,000 -13,000,000 -12,000,000 -13,000,000 -13,000,000                                                                 
          common stock repurchased
             -149,000,000 -146,000,000 -61,000,000 -33,000,000 -41,000,000 -35,000,000 -39,000,000 -45,881,000 -298,042,000 -116,642,000 -25,321,000 -14,414,000 -38,951,000                                                  
          net cash from financing activities
        1,382,000,000 444,000,000 613,000,000 465,000,000 757,000,000 726,000,000   73,000,000 132,000,000 -360,000,000 -112,000,000 -12,000,000 342,000,000 434,000,000 152,000,000 2,259,005,000 421,330,000 104,367,000 -859,719,000 -98,000 -77,139,000 164,947,000 154,556,000 79,935,000 24,902,000 -58,512,000 1,974,687,000 38,296,000 491,129,000 55,431,000 24,026,000 27,427,000 -69,914,000 -3,207,000 -5,209,000 727,000 -5,209,000  283,000 -11,561,000 -7,469,000 -11,760,612 -8,535,482 291,489,045 -6,896,026 -4,319,975 7,209,288 -7,326,085 -4,809,376     -3,531,359 -3,530,868 -3,520,689 885 -101,298 108,033 223,372 -3,211,908 -2,991,649 -9,100,930 -3,132,529 -57,172 -2,057,107 -1,981,398 -1,358,050 -6,203,445 5,833,215 44,387,437 
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents
        -252,000,000 19,000,000 85,000,000 145,000,000 -332,000,000 -63,000,000 -268,000,000 -76,000,000 -495,000,000 -311,000,000 -84,000,000 -48,000,000 -49,000,000 -127,000,000 -165,000,000 71,000,000 -25,176,000 -64,313,000 34,954,000 -99,219,000 41,687,000 -33,298,000 -19,362,000 -104,864,000 10,647,000 -44,704,000 7,880,000 -11,407,000 8,469,000 -19,632,000                                           
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents
        4,338,000,000 2,311,000,000     5,000,000 -30,000,000   300,000,000 161,000,000     2,225,402,000 -8,528,000   884,095,000 -39,229,000 397,975,000 -186,041,000 -5,541,000 328,643,000 -177,939,000 841,566,000                                             
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of the year
                                                                                
          accrued interest and financial income
         -525,000,000 -168,000,000 -157,000,000 -128,000,000 -114,000,000                                                                   
          accounts receivable
         16,000,000 -56,000,000 -4,000,000 -63,000,000 -31,000,000 -41,000,000 -22,000,000 -46,000,000 -8,000,000 -26,000,000 -12,000,000 -44,000,000 5,000,000 39,000,000 -71,000,000 -19,125,000 22,804,000 -51,074,000 21,064,000 -39,181,000 28,103,000 3,399,000 19,748,000 -1,971,000 8,364,000 -7,237,000 337,000 -12,214,000 6,916,000 -12,460,000 -9,347,000 -8,437,000 -8,215,000 -3,860,000 -1,305,000 -13,019,000 -22,920,000  -30,763,000 8,581,000 -27,923,000 3,356,986 -16,687,795 -13,379,227 -9,409,832 -5,625,209 -8,920,170 -7,224,795 -994,003 -4,827,936 -789,099 -4,838,438 1,803,522 -2,984,293 -6,125,804 214,064 -378,620 -1,015,655 -1,469,731 -1,557,811 -3,020,745 -1,437,527 -262,126 -682,635 -592,602  4,457,770 32,424 292,236 -219,654 -335,037 
          credit card receivables and other means of payments
         -62,000,000 -930,000,000 -67,000,000 -1,109,000,000 -456,000,000 -562,000,000 -403,000,000 -960,000,000 -561,000,000 35,000,000 165,000,000 -316,000,000 -126,000,000                                                           
          receipts from settlements of derivative instruments
         1,000,000 2,000,000 11,000,000            2,747,000 28,000 1,985,000 1,585,000 9,155,000 4,956,000 3,668,000                                                 
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
         4,699,000,000  3,848,000,000  3,363,000,000  3,648,000,000  2,508,224,000  1,451,424,000  464,695,000                                             
          cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
         2,311,000,000 2,390,000,000 4,498,000,000  -345,000,000 5,000,000 3,818,000,000  -568,000,000 300,000,000 3,524,000,000  275,000,000 -161,000,000 2,414,000,000  -8,528,000 242,733,000 1,188,356,000  -39,229,000 397,975,000 1,265,383,000  328,643,000 -177,939,000 1,306,261,000                                             
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and cash equivalents
           -201,000,000          275,000,000 -161,000,000 -1,234,000,000    -1,319,868,000                                                     
          impairment of digital assets
                    1,000,000 9,000,000 2,000,000 906,000 566,000                                                       
          investments of property and equipment and intangibles assets
                                                                                
          purchases of intangibles assets
             -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -2,000,000                                                                 
          investments of property and equipment
             -222,000,000 -183,000,000 -146,000,000 -180,000,000 -126,000,000 -114,000,000 -89,000,000                                                             
          accrued interest income
               -83,000,000 -79,000,000 -85,000,000 -75,000,000 -72,000,000 -55,000,000                                                            
          brazilian withholding income tax contingency
                                                                                
          capital contributions in joint ventures
                                                                               
          proceeds from issuance of common stock
                                715,000 1,866,500,000                                             
          purchase of convertible note capped calls
                                                                                
          exercise of convertible notes
                                                                               
          payments on repurchase of the 2028 notes
                        -1,865,076,000                                                     
          unwind of convertible note capped calls
                                                                                
          stock-based compensation expense — restricted shares
                         181,000 179,000 178,000  182,000 187,000 179,000                                   16,492 21,204 21,676 -68,940 104,713 16,933       
          prepaid expenses
                 11,000,000 -8,000,000 -6,000,000 25,000,000 14,000,000 -1,000,000 -35,000,000 11,597,000 5,185,000 -14,279,000 -15,218,000 577,000 -5,180,000 12,247,000 8,560,000 -27,294,000 481,000 5,541,000 3,316,000 -16,532,000 3,333,000 6,021,000 -16,164,000 1,870,000 1,338,000 5,115,000 347,000 -8,861,000 -1,387,000  -2,595,000 1,124,000 -3,451,000 2,416,547 -1,046,362 -565,602 -961,907 222,949 -693,198 -534,390 -1,069,904 123,935 -291,919 -57,252 -673,723 -159,334 116,501 -465,118 71,641 -220,426 -165,063 -6,275 58,009 308,475 -493,612 290,689 -393,388  32,352 3,126,987 -3,673,183 313,727 641,784 
          payments of finance lease obligations
                 -8,000,000 -7,000,000 -6,000,000                                                             
          non cash interest expense, convertible notes amortization of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges
                  65,000,000 52,000,000 4,000,000                                                            
          changes in principal loans receivable
                  -445,000,000 -421,000,000                                                             
          settlement of the call option
                                                                                
          stock-based compensation expense - restricted shares
                                                                           35,546 26,254 20,075   
          sale of fixed assets and intangible assets
                                                                               
          ltrp accrued compensation
                    25,000,000 24,000,000 5,000,000 30,000,000 4,726,000 33,047,000 28,009,000 22,916,000 54,433,000 23,235,000 36,243,000 15,664,000 3,349,000 16,105,000 18,767,000 13,441,000 -181,000 10,914,000 1,055,000 15,737,000 6,985,000 6,666,000 12,892,000 9,176,000 3,732,000 3,190,000     5,540,986 4,379,547 1,165,307 765,775 1,647,863 5,699,671 2,586,791 1,710,752 1,104,454 1,135,526 353,209 1,849,633 1,551,771 223,952 1,132,832 1,170,710 680,410 1,282,994 1,191,055 324,607 761,010 -189,838 1,147,726 205,251       
          purchases of intangible assets
                      -7,356,000 -9,668,000 -11,738,000 -7,805,000 -6,000 6,000 -93,000 -22,000 -16,000 -34,000 25,000 25,000 -145,000 -97,000 51,000 -10,000 -57,000 -17,000 -382,000 -11,000  -135,000 -425,000 -942,000 -313,835 1,407,722 -1,806,356 -144,479     -48,865 48,949 -1,359,230 -31,508 -161,444 -10,439 -35,418 -73,405 -403,662 -55 132 -12,865 -9,179          
          dividends paid of preferred stock
                            -356,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000 -1,000,000                                               
          unrealized devaluation loss
                     131,000,000 104,000,000 30,000,000 23,510,000 22,073,000 20,274,000 24,772,000 29,858,000 30,123,000 10,843,000 18,505,000 -1,531,000 32,491,000 11,480,000 1,886,000 1,869,000 2,286,000   2,961,000   -195,000                                    
          benefit from doubtful accounts
                     288,000,000                                                           
          financial results on derivative instruments
                     6,000,000 -15,000,000 37,000,000 -443,000 -9,927,000 29,788,000 -18,989,000 24,600,000 -4,709,000 -5,059,000 -16,767,000                                                 
          purchase of investments
                     -3,076,000,000 -3,287,000,000 -2,903,000,000 -871,615,000 -1,291,265,000 -2,792,771,000 -2,415,091,000 -1,599,160,000 -1,274,702,000 -1,002,382,000 -1,323,631,000 -1,228,041,000 -930,093,000 -708,318,000 -1,624,226,000 -1,361,662,000 -565,964,000 -615,718,000 -632,734,000 -1,373,016,000 -994,105,000 -1,288,939,000 -897,589,000 -953,223,000 -641,259,000  -485,019,000 -530,566,000 -420,070,000 -863,642,240 -939,070,806 -387,661,622 -386,755,370 -333,670,296 -390,295,737 -275,452,465 -136,522,055 -194,615,649 -139,362,461 -118,718,531 -86,658,793 -81,474,059 -96,574,348 -101,926,249 -99,069,739 -35,927,996 -21,085,782 -29,897,781 -34,354,598 -34,100,495 -8,062,753 -4,241,232 -33,656,429  -20,529,317 9,541,163 -48,626,371 -25,350,929 -42,537,921 
          payment for settlements of derivative instruments
                     -5,000,000 -2,000,000  -8,479,000                                                       
          changes in principal of loans receivable
                     -300,000,000 -563,000,000 -607,000,000  -378,336,000 -184,629,000 -148,734,000  -131,192,000 -11,842,000 -27,250,000  -52,974,000 -54,859,000 -42,609,000  10,769,000 -14,386,000 -52,243,000  -26,808,000 -15,335,000 -4,808,000                                     
          investment in property and equipment
                                                                                
          payments on loans payable and other financial liabilities
                     -4,775,000,000 -3,517,000,000 -3,129,000,000  -2,125,571,000 -1,535,374,000 -704,307,000                  -661,000  -184,000 -4,299,000 -139,000 -4,395,568 -582,809 -2,144,102 -582,157                           
          payment of finance lease obligations
                     -5,000,000 -5,000,000 -4,000,000 -3,912,000 -3,495,000 -5,254,000 -3,863,000 -2,450,000 -1,435,000 -500,000 -564,000 -513,000 -527,000 -227,000 -662,000                                             
          purchase of convertible note capped call
                         -100,769,000  -82,682,000       -91,784,000 -45,692,000                                        
          unwind of convertible note capped call
                         294,357,000                                                       
          accrued interest
                      -41,000,000 -24,000,000  -11,319,000 -5,350,000 -4,045,000 -8,043,000 -8,617,000 -6,581,000 -22,352,000 -14,759,000 -14,797,000 -16,054,000 -8,699,000 -6,553,000 -3,413,000 -3,398,000 -4,447,000 -3,801,000 -5,461,000 -5,251,000 -5,679,000 -5,151,000 -3,877,000  -3,542,000 -2,989,000 -2,780,000 -2,101,187 -2,716,916 -2,191,725 -2,019,040 -6,649,748 -247,479 -3,940,324 954,560 -217,106 290,284 -1,795,370 -816,543 1,284,250 -2,108,594 -1,777,621 -575,613 -242,786 -224,325 190,388 -228,151           
          non cash interest, convertible notes amortization of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs and other charges
                      115,000,000 40,000,000 25,488,000 12,497,000 13,916,000 34,137,000 53,485,000 18,924,000 54,781,000 20,787,000 16,925,000                                                
          purchases of property and equipment
                      -99,000,000 -137,000,000 -148,283,000 -161,866,000 -150,108,000 -112,672,000 -87,251,000 -64,963,000 -49,659,000 -45,175,000 -36,066,000 -29,371,000 -38,433,000 -32,928,000 -28,003,000 -23,041,000 -22,550,000 -19,542,000 -15,876,000 -13,133,000 -15,879,000 -10,268,000 -13,017,000 -14,552,000  -2,758,000 -8,990,000 -7,315,000 -9,980,306 -9,811,891 -7,667,633 -6,966,127 -63,827,416 -11,834,827 -35,232,028 -2,861,295 -5,064,907 -3,358,934 -4,627,624 -3,696,281 -1,839,764 -3,836,981 -10,361,262 -2,886,154 -2,659,061 -6,648,695 -2,509,615 -1,396,672 -830,683 -785,129 -444,318 -1,738,040  -1,193,944 -1,536,199 -1,139,166 -997,336 -119,288 
          bad debt charges
                       255,000,000 163,982,000 105,333,000 82,170,000 83,829,000                                                     
          credit cards receivables and other means of payments
                       -447,000,000  -315,306,000 -239,015,000 -62,274,000                                                     
          credit cards receivable and other means of payments
                                                                                
          payment for acquired businesses, net of cash acquired
                            624,000 -7,561,000     -1,914,000        -1,838,000    -4,687,331   -199,277 -3,224,162                      
          payment from settlements of derivative instruments
                           -3,897,000                                                     
          receipts from the sale of fixed assets and intangible assets
                                                                               
          payments on convertible note
                                                                                
          excercise of convertible notes
                                                                                
          proceeds from issuance of convertible redeemable preferred stock
                                98,688,000                                             
          inventory
                         -66,567,000 -28,167,000 -18,958,000  -26,052,000 -8,998,000 -5,272,000 1,791,000 -4,748,000 -2,843,000 1,652,000 3,000,000 284,000 -5,427,000 -872,000 -377,000 -1,274,000 -625,000 727,000 261,000 -158,000                                   
          funds payable to customers and amounts due to merchants
                         248,640,000 190,099,000 -106,866,000                                                     
          advance for property and equipment
                                    -1,036,000 -3,390,000 -6,918,000 -4,426,000 -5,846,000 -2,505,000 -2,283,000 -872,000 -5,621,000 -10,306,000                                 
          funds received from the issuance of convertible notes
                                                                             
          transaction costs from the issuance of convertible notes
                                                 -658,625                             
          dividends paid
                                    -6,624,000 -6,625,000 -6,624,000 -6,623,000 -6,624,000 -6,624,000 -4,548,000  -4,548,000 -4,548,000 -7,330,000 -7,365,044 -7,294,048 -7,329,546 -6,313,869 -6,313,870 -6,313,870 -6,313,869 -4,812,396 -4,812,566 -4,812,040 -4,812,036 -3,531,362                   
          payments on convertible notes
                                                                                
          credit cards receivable and other means of payment
                                                                                
          credit card receivables
                               -33,303,000  127,530,000 -97,455,000 35,893,000  24,799,000 130,967,000 -33,870,000  -147,675,000 18,578,000 15,583,000  -62,544,000  -69,775,000 2,210,000 -54,763,000 776,400 -31,019,347 -5,406,954 -9,870,986 -19,755,664 23,666,973 -25,491,813 -5,734,899 3,282,042 -13,041,436 -5,694,280 -116,468                   
          impairment of long-lived assets
                                            16,226,000                             
          loss on deconsolidation of venezuelan subsidiaries
                                                                                
          credit cards receivable
                                                                                
          reduction of cash due to venezuela deconsolidation
                                                                                
          non cash interest and convertible notes amortization of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs
                                  8,122,000 3,018,000  8,702,000 2,621,000 7,063,000                                         
          accounts payable and accrued expenses
                                   -491,000 39,144,000 8,208,000 19,998,000 22,773,000 78,421,000 38,161,000 20,269,000 13,364,000 34,128,000 14,376,000  25,924,000 10,579,000 30,395,000 -5,808,133 40,818,812 22,015,225 11,754,682 8,058,654 5,603,351 10,131,789 2,243,694 7,191,853 5,187,205 12,058,586 -6,375,961 4,520,738 12,054,235 -1,029,956 -4,736,229 1,194,752 2,606,945 1,408,785 3,840,657 8,369,315 3,197,632 -3,494,303 613,690  4,548,995 -291,677 3,533,141   
          non cash interest and convertible bonds amortization of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs
                                        1,621,000 4,436,000 572,000 4,226,000 715,000                                    
          payments on loans payable and other financing
                                            -192,000                                    
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents, beginning of the period
                                                                                
          cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash equivalents, end of the period
                                                                                
          effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
                                       -772,000 -12,527,000 -643,000 -35,023,000 6,847,000 -4,830,000 -5,762,000  -11,972,000 1,573,000 -37,395,000 -10,195,748 4,604,463 -34,518,165 -15,730,383 -2,744,327 468,195 -4,996,143 -8,410,089 -759,186 -757,433 -1,524,318 -158,641 -132,323 -1,742,773 291,439 173,684 646,458 326,833 344,447 -371,305 -1,697,200 1,483,330 1,040,577 170,150  -577,189 334,166 567,871 -308,974 -156,459 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                       -37,849,000 -72,938,000 78,407,000 81,403,000 67,248,000 46,145,000   2,633,000   -14,359,686 -148,016,205 254,380,568 -9,145,555 12,188,110 -3,094,353 9,023,966 20,678,379 3,317,150 10,576,122 11,720,792 8,493,261     12,378,566    16,470,896 13,957,605       1,141,427 5,441,050 
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
                                       388,260,000  234,140,000  166,881,000  223,144,000  140,285,104  101,489,002  67,381,677  56,830,466   49,803,402   17,474,112   15,677,407   
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
                                       350,411,000  78,407,000 81,403,000 301,388,000  144,885,000  2,633,000 -49,377,000 219,768,000  -148,016,205 254,380,568 131,139,549  -3,094,353 9,023,966 122,167,381  10,576,122 11,720,792 75,874,938  14,833,285 -6,718,126 50,968,258  12,883,180 -3,065,579 34,634,299  13,957,605 2,368,592 17,006,309  -7,270,671 3,726,329 13,947,927   
          net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc. shareholders
                                               45,640,000 19,463,000 1,721,000 34,145,118 33,765,490 -25,594,030 30,263,973 40,763,929 29,284,615 29,978,641 17,480,253                       
          repurchase of common stock
                                                                            
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year
                                                                              
          cash and cash equivalents, end of the year
                                                                                
          net income attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest
                                                  16,211 -13,523 5,552 63,980 72,038 -137,928 42,377 42,338                       
          payment of remaining amount from business acquisition
                                                                                
          assets
                                                                                
          current assets:
                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                
          short-term investments
                                                                                
          credit cards receivables
                                                                                
          total current assets
                                                                                
          non-current assets:
                                                                                
          long-term investments
                                                                                
          property and equipment
                                                                                
          goodwill
                                                                                
          intangible assets
                                                                                
          deferred tax assets
                                                                                
          total non-current assets
                                                                                
          total assets
                                                                                
          liabilities and equity
                                                                                
          current liabilities:
                                                                                
          salaries and social security payable
                                                                                
          taxes payable
                                                                                
          loans payable and other financial liabilities
                                                                                
          dividends payable
                                                                                
          total current liabilities
                                                                                
          non-current liabilities:
                                                                                
          deferred tax liabilities
                                                                       -4,905 10,723 -185,959       
          total non-current liabilities
                                                                                
          total liabilities
                                                                                
          equity:
                                                                                
          common stock, 0.001 par value, 110,000,000 shares authorized,
                                                                                
          44,157,341 and 44,156,854 shares issued and outstanding at june 30,
                                                                                
          2016 and december 31, 2015, respectively
                                                                                
          additional paid-in capital
                                                                                
          retained earnings
                                                                                
          accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                                                
          total equity
                                                                                
          total liabilities and equity
                                                                                
          net revenues
                                                                                
          cost of net revenues
                                                                                
          gross profit
                                                                                
          operating expenses:
                                                                                
          product and technology development
                                                                                
          sales and marketing
                                                                                
          general and administrative
                                                                                
          total operating expenses
                                                                                
          income from operations
                                                                                
          other income
                                                                                
          interest income and other financial gains
                                                                                
          interest expense and other financial losses
                                                                                
          foreign currency losses
                                                                                
          net income before income / asset tax expense
                                                                                
          income / asset tax expense
                                                                                
          basic eps
                                                                                
          basic net income
                                                                                
          shareholders per common share
                                                                                
          weighted-average of outstanding common shares
                                                                                
          diluted eps
                                                                                
          diluted net income
                                                                                
          cash dividends declared
                                                                                
          other comprehensive income, net of income tax:
                                                                                
          currency translation adjustment
                                                                                
          unrealized net losses on available for sale investments
                                                                                
          less: reclassification adjustment for losses on available for sale investments included in net income
                                                                                
          net change in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of income tax
                                                                                
          total comprehensive income
                                                                                
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                             -21,996,000    -3,376,000               -6,718,126 -5,862,208   -3,065,579 -15,169,103    -467,803   3,726,329 -1,729,480   
          venezuelan operations
                                                                                
          accumulated other comprehensive loss:
                                                                                
          foreign currency translation
                                                                                
          unrealized losses on investments
                                                                                
          estimated tax gain on unrealized losses on investments
                                                                                
          balances as of december 31, 2015
                                                                                
          other comprehensive loss before reclassifications adjustments for gains on available for sale investments
                                                                                
          amount of gain reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                                                
          net current period other comprehensive income
                                                                                
          ending balance
                                                                                
          details about accumulated
                                                                                
          other comprehensive loss
                                                                                
          components
                                                                                
          total reclassifications for the year
                                                                                
          net income per common share
                                                                                
          numerator:
                                                                                
          denominator:
                                                                                
          weighted-average of common stock outstanding for basic earnings per share
                                                                                
          adjusted weighted-average of common stock outstanding for diluted earnings per share
                                                                                
          other net tangible assets
                                                                                
          total net tangible assets acquired
                                                                                
          non solicitation agreement
                                                                                
          purchase price
                                                                                
          customer lists
                                                                                
          trademark
                                                                                
          software
                                                                                
          non-solicitation and non-compete agreements
                                                                                
          intangible assets with indefinite lives
                                                                                
          - trademarks
                                                                                
          amortizable intangible assets
                                                                                
          - licenses and others
                                                                                
          - non-compete/solicitation agreement
                                                                                
          - customer lists
                                                                                
          total intangible assets
                                                                                
          accumulated amortization
                                                                                
          balance, beginning of the period
                                                                                
          - business acquisition
                                                                                
          - effect of exchange rates changes
                                                                                
          balance, end of the period
                                                                                
          balance, beginning of year
                                                                                
          - business acquisitions
                                                                                
          balance, end of the year
                                                                                
          for year ended 12/31/2016
                                                                                
          for year ended 12/31/2017
                                                                                
          for year ended 12/31/2018
                                                                                
          for year ended 12/31/2019
                                                                                
          thereafter
                                                                                
          direct costs
                                                                                
          direct contribution
                                                                                
          operating expenses and indirect costs of net revenues
                                                                                
          us property and equipment
                                                                                
          other countries
                                                                                
          argentina
                                                                                
          brazil
                                                                                
          mexico
                                                                                
          venezuela
                                                                                
          total property and equipment
                                                                                
          us intangible assets
                                                                                
          other countries goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                
          total goodwill and intangible assets
                                                                                
          consolidated net revenues
                                                                                
          marketplace
                                                                                
          non-marketplace
                                                                                
          total
                                                                                
          description
                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents:
                                                                                
          money market funds
                                                                                
          corporate debt securities
                                                                                
          investments:
                                                                                
          sovereign debt securities
                                                                                
          certificates of deposit
                                                                                
          total financial assets
                                                                                
          liabilities:
                                                                                
          contingent considerations
                                                                                
          long-term retention plan
                                                                                
          total financial liabilities
                                                                                
          time deposits
                                                                                
          liabilities
                                                                                
          tax payable
                                                                                
          total cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                
          total short-term investments
                                                                                
          total long-term investments
                                                                                
          impairments based on the evaluation of available evidence including the credit rating of the investments, as of june 30, 2016 and december 31, 2015.
                                                                                
          one year or less
                                                                                
          one year to two years
                                                                                
          two years to three years
                                                                                
          three years to four years
                                                                                
          four years to five years
                                                                                
          more than five years
                                                                                
          ltrp 2009
                                                                                
          ltrp 2010
                                                                                
          ltrp 2011
                                                                                
          ltrp 2012
                                                                                
          ltrp 2013
                                                                                
          ltrp 2014
                                                                                
          ltrp 2015
                                                                                
          ltrp 2016
                                                                                
          amount of the equity component
                                                                                
          2.25% convertible senior notes due 2019
                                                                                
          unamortized debt discount
                                                                                
          unamortized transaction costs related to the debt component
                                                                                
          contractual coupon interest accrual
                                                                                
          contractual coupon interest payment
                                                                                
          net carrying amount
                                                                                
          contractual coupon interest expense
                                                                                
          amortization of debt discount
                                                                                
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                                                                                
          total interest expense related to notes
                                                                                
          net revenues:
                                                                                
          total net revenues
                                                                                
          consolidated net revenues by revenue stream
                                                                                
          net assets
                                                                                
          interest expense and other financial charges
                                                                                
          foreign currency gain loss
                                                                                
          number of confirmed registered users at end of period
                                                                                
          number of confirmed new registered users during period
                                                                                
          gross merchandise volume
                                                                                
          number of successful items sold
                                                                                
          number of items shipped
                                                                                
          total payment volume
                                                                                
          total payment transactions
                                                                                
          capital expenditures
        -99,000,000 -137,000,000 -148,283,000 -161,866,000 -150,108,000 -112,672,000 -87,251,000 -64,963,000 -49,659,000 -45,175,000 -36,066,000 -29,371,000 -38,433,000 -32,928,000 -28,003,000 -23,041,000 -22,550,000 -19,542,000 -15,876,000 -13,133,000 -15,879,000 -10,268,000 -13,017,000 -14,552,000 -2,758,000 -8,990,000 -7,315,000 -9,980,306 -9,811,891 -7,667,633 -6,966,127 -63,827,416 -11,834,827 -35,232,028 -2,861,295 -5,064,907 -3,358,934 -4,627,624 -3,696,281 -1,839,764 -3,836,981 -10,361,262 -2,886,154 -2,659,061 -6,648,695 -2,509,615 -1,396,672 -830,683 -785,129 -444,318 -1,738,040 -1,193,944 -1,536,199 -1,139,166 -997,336 -119,288 
          free cash flows
        5,209,000,000 2,959,000,000 2,917,000,000 1,031,000,000 2,924,000,000 1,600,000,000 1,882,000,000 1,512,000,000 1,928,000,000 941,000,000 1,412,000,000 859,000,000 1,542,000,000 724,000,000 808,000,000 -370,000,000 552,413,000 103,440,000 111,930,000 -375,669,000 169,306,000 296,347,000 600,677,000 -130,826,000 42,208,000 177,521,000 -10,879,000 105,443,000 6,803,000 65,906,000 121,610,000 -56,548,000 10,745,000 2,942,000 105,678,000 94,489,000 29,560,000 -26,354,000 110,121,000 11,690,000 49,662,000 30,864,000 48,374,091 40,719,770 52,613,016 20,660,450 -44,162,507 51,851,861 -6,161,761 27,230,202 51,118,344 21,860,414 34,874,984 15,289,901 25,292,195 24,724,377 8,202,075 12,282,823 23,247,732 9,249,195 12,127,607 10,057,876 22,308,784 13,094,895 7,727,738 2,771,399 38,428,998 8,309,464 -1,867,276 5,759,505 -1,923,660 2,178,239 
          as a percentage of net revenues
                                                                                
          2016
                                                                                
          percent change from prior quarter
                                                                                
          2015
                                                                                
          2014
                                                                                
          total consolidated
                                                                                
          total cost of net revenues
                                                                                
          income and asset tax
                                                                                
          blended tax rate
                                                                                
          effective tax rate
                                                                                
          effective tax rate by country
                                                                                
          margin
                                                                                
          in dollars
                                                                                
          in %
                                                                                
          net cash from:
                                                                                
          operating activities
                                                                                
          investing activities
                                                                                
          financing activities
                                                                                
          effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                
          payment for acquired business, net of cash acquired
                                                                                
          purchase of intangible assets
                                                                        -34,685 -918,479  860 -51,754 -7,344 18,713 -27,283 
          purchase of property and equipment
                                                                                
          free cash flow
                                                                                
          devaluation loss in venezuela
                                                                                
          impairment of long-lived assets in venezuela
                                                                                
          adjusted net income before income / asset tax expense
                                                                                
          income and asset tax expense
                                                                                
          income tax effect on devaluation loss in venezuela
                                                                                
          adjusted income and asset tax
                                                                                
          adjusted net income
                                                                                
          adjusted earnings per share
                                                                                
          adjusted blended tax rate
                                                                                
          foreign currency sensitivity analysis
                                                                                
          expenses
                                                                                
          other expenses and income tax related to p&l items
                                                                                
          foreign currency impact related to the remeasurement of our net asset position
                                                                                
          total shareholders' equity
                                                                                
          direct contribution margin before impairment %
                                                                                
          non-current other assets impairment
                                                                                
          direct contribution margin after impairment %
                                                                                
          change in equity price in percentage
                                                                                
          40%
                                                                                
          30%
                                                                                
          20%
                                                                                
          10%
                                                                                
          static
                                                                                
          -10%
                                                                                
          -20%
                                                                                
          -30%
                                                                                
          -40%
                                                                                
          marcos galperin president and chief executive officer
                                                                                
          pedro arnt executive vice president and chief financial officer
                                                                                
          osvaldo giménez executive vice president — payments
                                                                                
          daniel rabinovich senior vice president and chief technology officer
                                                                                
          stelleo tolda executive vice president and chief operating officer
                                                                                
          consolidated performance ― constant dollars
                                                                                
          payments performance
                                                                                
          overall performance
                                                                                
          individual performance multiplier
                                                                                
          date: august 5, 2016.
                                                                                
          3.1
                                                                                
          3.2
                                                                                
          4.1
                                                                                
          4.2
                                                                                
          4.3
                                                                                
          10.01
                                                                                
          10.02
                                                                                
          10.03
                                                                                
          10.04
                                                                                
          10.05
                                                                                
          10.06
                                                                                
          10.07
                                                                                
          10.08
                                                                                
          10.09
                                                                                
          31.1
                                                                                
          31.2
                                                                                
          32.1
                                                                                
          32.2
                                                                                
          101.ins
                                                                                
          101.sch
                                                                                
          101.cal
                                                                                
          101.lab
                                                                                
          101.pre
                                                                                
          101.def
                                                                                
          *
                                                                                
          convertible bonds accrued interest amortization of debt discount and amortization of debt issuance costs
                                             4,431,000                                   
          financial liabilities for acquisition of property and equipment
                                                                                
          item 7.
                                                                                
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
                                                                                
          operating activities:
                                                                                
          devaluation loss
                                               -4,782,000                                 
          convertible bonds accrued interest and amortization of debt discount
                                               4,355,000 4,578,000 3,984,000 3,947,460                              
          long term retention program accrued compensation
                                               -431,000 5,136,000 3,327,000                               
          proceed from payable and other financial liabilities
                                                                                
          devaluation gain
                                                 10,862,000                               
          net devaluation loss in venezuela and argentina
                                                                              
          stock options exercised
                                                      3,020 3,300   469 9,821 885 12,750 3,479 1,970 5,824 18,526    2,005 58,352 4,502 -3 15,691 
          advance for fixed assets
                                                                                
          purchase of convertible notes capped call
                                                                                
          net devaluation (gain) loss in venezuela and argentina
                                                     -2,657,792                           
          net devaluation loss in venezuela
                                                      6,420,929                       
          net income attributable to reedemable noncontrolling interest
                                                                                
          stock-based compensation expense—stock options
                                                                                
          stock-based compensation expense—restricted shares
                                                                                
          decrease in short term debt
                                                                   95,283   12,002,527 -9,119,456 -3,136,530 -57,175  -1,989,549 -1,413,342 -6,216,965   
          net income attributable to mercadolibre, inc.
                                                           26,043,091                     
          net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
                                                           24,804 15,632 2,428                   
          net cash provided in financing activities
                                                           -4,808,740 -4,809,636 -3,531,362                   
          supplemental cash flow information:
                                                                                
          cash paid for interest
                                                            13,572 20,646   12,537 13,889  11,928 2,921,587 2,832,119           
          cash paid for income and asset taxes
                                                            9,022,064 10,015,712   6,908,588 7,898,283               
          provisions
                                                             1,407,480         497,993 -389,724 -101,283 296,001  -149,956 -7,536 -383,137 647 17,870 
          interest expense
                                                                      -129,765 -1,581 110,930 234,294       
          stock-based compensation expense - stock options
                                                                           1,237 1,223 1,224   
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of the acquired business:
                                                                                
          loans paid
                                                                               
          dividends distribution
                                                              -3,531,359 -3,531,337                 
          stock-based compensation expense — stock options
                                                                  61 62 60 61 440 441 435 436       
          changes in assets and liabilities, net of the effect of the acquired business :
                                                                                
          funds receivable from customers
                                                               -6,408,852 -2,258,654 479,325 -1,446,604 -1,125,412 -193,958 441,399 -721,171 -849,235 1,536,808 -908,809  -5,520,391 -7,344,250 3,880,478 -8,489,626 -6,027,522 
          decrease in loans payable
                                                                     -3,213,878           
          net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                
          foreign currency gains
                                                                                
          changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effect of acquisitions:
                                                                                
          payment for businesses acquired, net of cash acquired
                                                                                
          repurchase of treasury stock
                                                                                
          cash paid for income taxes
                                                                   6,225,849 5,441,661 4,935,701           
          issuance of common stock
                                                                              
          change in fair value of warrants
                                                                              958,032 
          increase in short term debt
                                                                              5,833,218 3,048,516 
          exercise of warrants
                                                                               
          unrealized gains on investments
                                                                       48,922     25,719 -82,368 15,799 -161,558 
          loans received
                                                                            -3,060 9,018   
          realized gains on investments
                                                                         -365,117  -444,192 -258,302 -555,455 -482,507 -56,038 
          net cash (used in) investing activities
                                                                                
          total increase in cash and cash equivalents
                                                                                
          unrealized losses (gains) on investments
                                                                                
          stock-based compensation long term retention plan
                                                                                
          changes in assets and liabilities, excluding the effect of cmg acquisition:
                                                                                
          payment for purchase of cmg, net of cash acquired
                                                                            -16,824,065   
          cumulative effect of change in accounting principle
                                                                                
          proceeds from sale of investments
                                                                              22,873,062 1,597,037 
          payment for purchase of deremate, net of cash acquired
                                                                                
          cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year
                                                                              
          cash and cash equivalents, end of year
                                                                                
          accounts payable
                                                                               1,925,451 
          cash and cash equivalents, end of period
                                                                               5,441,050 
          stock-based compensation expense
                                                                                
          non-cash financing activities:
                                                                                
          accretion of preferred stock - dividends