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| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Registrant Name | dei_EntityRegistrantName | PIMCO Equity Series | ||||||
| Prospectus Date | rr_ProspectusDate | Oct. 31, 2024 | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk/Return [Heading] | rr_RiskReturnHeading | PIMCO RAFI ESG U.S. ETF | ||||||
| Objective [Heading] | rr_ObjectiveHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective</span> | ||||||
| Objective, Primary [Text Block] | rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock | The Fund seeks to provide total return that closely corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the total return of the RAFI ESG US Index. | ||||||
| Expense [Heading] | rr_ExpenseHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees and Expenses of the Fund</span> | ||||||
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock | This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below. | ||||||
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] | rr_ShareholderFeesCaption | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;margin-left:0.0pt;">Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):</span> | ||||||
| Operating Expenses Caption [Text] | rr_OperatingExpensesCaption | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):</span> | ||||||
| Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">October 31, 2025</span> | ||||||
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Portfolio Turnover</span> | ||||||
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock | The Fund pays transaction costs when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in the Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example tables, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio. | ||||||
| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate | 18.00% | ||||||
| Expense Example [Heading] | rr_ExpenseExampleHeading | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Example.</span> | ||||||
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock | The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other exchange-traded funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated, and then hold or sell all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: | ||||||
| Strategy [Heading] | rr_StrategyHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span> | ||||||
| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] | rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock | The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing under normal circumstances at least 80% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the component securities (“Component Securities”) of the RAFI ESG US Index (the “Underlying Index”). The Fund may invest the remainder of its assets in cash, securities and instruments that are not Component Securities, but which PIMCO believes will help the Fund track its Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is a long-only, smart beta index that seeks to achieve the dual objectives of social responsibility and long-horizon outperformance of the broad market.The Underlying Index is constructed by RAFI Indices, LLC (the “Index Provider”) using a rules-based approach within publicly traded U.S. equities to create an integrated ESG strategy which overweights companies that rate well across various ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) themes and excludes companies with a major involvement in industries such as tobacco, gaming, weapons and fossil fuels. The strategy supplements traditional ESG metrics with metrics linked to long-term value creation, specifically financial discipline and diversity, for improved return potential.The Underlying Index applies the Fundamental Index™ approach, a smart beta strategy built on the principles of contrarian indexing and disciplined rebalancing. The universe for the Underlying Index construction process starts with all common equity securities traded on U.S. primary exchanges, which meet and pass minimum liquidity and investability (capacity) requirements, issued by companies that are assigned to the United States by the Index Provider. Eligible securities are then determined by selecting companies based on fundamental weight, calculated using four accounting measures from company financial statements: (i) de-levered sales, calculated as company sales averaged over the past five years multiplied by the ratio of average equity to average assets; (ii) cash flow, taken as the company operating cash flow averaged over the past five years; (iii) dividend plus buybacks, calculated using the average dividends paid and share buybacks over the past five years; and (iv) book value, taken as the most recent company book value. The Underlying Index is composed of securities selected from companies in the large/mid company universe, which is the universe of companies that rank in the top 86% of cumulative fundamental weight.The Underlying Index uses five signals to determine a company’s overall ESG score: environment, social, governance, diversity and financial discipline. The environment, social, governance and diversity scores are determined using data provided by Vigeo Eiris, a third-party ESG data and ratings provider (the “ESG Data Provider”). The ESG Data Provider assesses hundreds of different factors within a framework of sustainability criteria based on international standards in determining the environment, social and governance scores. The ESG Data Provider also considers numerous different metrics relating to gender diversity in determining the diversity scores. The financial discipline score is determined by the Index Provider and is intended to identify companies with high profitability, low investment, low issuance and low accruals. To construct the Underlying Index, companies are sorted in descending order by their environment, social, governance, diversity and financial discipline scores, respectively.Companies in the bottom 10% by fundamental weight, for each respective signal, are excluded. In addition, companies classified by the ESG Data Provider as having major involvement in the following areas are excluded: tobacco, gambling, weapons - civilian firearms and military, fossil fuels, coal, tar sands and oil shale. Selected companies are weighted by their fundamental weight, adjusted by the companies’ respective overall ESG scores. As of September 30, 2024, the Underlying Index consisted of 246 Component Securities.The Underlying Index is reconstituted annually on the last Friday of March and rebalanced on a quarterly staggered basis on the last Friday day of March, June, September and third Friday of December. For example, the Underlying Index will be divided into four identical tranches. At the first quarterly rebalance, the first tranche (i.e., 25% of the Underlying Index) is rebalanced, but the remaining three tranches (i.e., the other 75% of the Underlying Index) are not rebalanced and will continue to drift until the next quarterly rebalance. At the next quarterly rebalance, the second tranche is rebalanced while the other three tranches (including the tranche that was rebalanced at the prior quarter-end) are not rebalanced. This staggered rebalancing is intended to diversify risk and decrease market impact of trading.PIMCO uses an indexing approach in managing the Fund’s investments. The Fund is expected to employ a replication strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. In using this strategy, PIMCO seeks to replicate the composition and weighting of the Underlying Index by investing all, or substantially all, of the Fund’s assets in the Component Securities, holding each Component Security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Underlying Index. However, in some circumstances it may not be possible or practicable to invest all, or substantially all, of the Fund’s assets in the Component Securities, in which case the Fund may employ a representative sampling strategy by investing in a combination of Component Securities and other instruments, or in Component Securities but in different proportions as compared to the weighting of the Underlying Index, such that the portfolio effectively provides exposure to the Underlying Index. In using a representative sampling strategy, the Fund may not track its Underlying Index with the same degree of accuracy as a fund that replicates the composition and weighting of the Underlying Index. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not attempt to outperform the index the Fund tracks. An indexing approach may eliminate the chance that the Fund will substantially outperform its Underlying Index but also may reduce some of the risks of active management. Indexing seeks to achieve lower costs by keeping portfolio turnover low in comparison to actively managed investment companies.The Fund may invest, without limitation, in equity and equity-related securities, including common and preferred securities. The Fund may also invest in derivative instruments, such as options, futures contracts or swap agreements. | ||||||
| Risk [Heading] | rr_RiskHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Risks</span> | ||||||
| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] | rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading | <span style="color:#00687D;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:12pt;font-weight:bold;">Performance Information</span> | ||||||
| Performance Narrative [Text Block] | rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock | The performance information shows summary performance information for the Fund in a bar chart and an Average Annual Total Returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with the returns of certain indexes. Absent any applicable fee waivers and/or expense limitations, performance would have been lower. The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.In addition to the Fund’s performance, the Average Annual Total Returns table includes performance of: (i) a broad-based securities market index(i.e., a regulatory index) and (ii) a supplemental index. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.Effective July 24, 2024, the Fund’s regulatory index is the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s regulatory index is shown in connection with certain regulatory requirements to provide a broad measure of market performance. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged market index generally considered representative of the stock market as a whole. The S&P 500 Index is composed of 500 selected common stocks that represent approximately two-thirds of the total market value of all U.S. common stocks. The S&P 500 Index focuses on the large-cap segment of the U.S. equities market.The RAFI ESG US Index is a supplemental index of the Fund. The RAFI ESG US Index is a long-only, smart beta index that seeks to achieve the dual objectives of social responsibility and long-horizon outperformance of the broad market. The RAFI ESG US Index is constructed by RAFI Indices, LLC using a rules-based approach within publicly traded U.S. equities to create an integrated ESG strategy which overweights companies that rate well across various ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) themes and excludes companies with a major involvement in industries such as tobacco, gaming, weapons and fossil fuels. The strategy supplements traditional ESG metrics with metrics linked to long-term value creation, specifically financial discipline and diversity, for improved return potential.Performance for the Fund is updated daily and quarterly and may be obtained as follows: daily and quarterly updates on the net asset value and performance page at https://www.pimco.com/en-us/investments/etf. | ||||||
| Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] | rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">The performance information shows summary performance information for the Fund in a bar chart and an Average Annual Total Returns table. The information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns compare with the returns of certain indexes.</span> | ||||||
| Performance Additional Market Index [Text] | rr_PerformanceAdditionalMarketIndex | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">The RAFI ESG US Index is a supplemental index of the Fund. The RAFI ESG US Index is a long-only, smart beta index that seeks to achieve the dual objectives of </span><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">social responsibility and long-horizon outperformance of the broad market. The RAFI ESG US Index is constructed by RAFI Indices, LLC using a rules-based approach within publicly traded U.S. equities to create an integrated ESG strategy which overweights companies that rate well across various ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) themes and excludes companies with a major involvement in industries such as tobacco, gaming, weapons and fossil fuels. The strategy supplements traditional ESG metrics with metrics linked to long-term value creation, specifically financial discipline and diversity, for improved return potential.</span> | ||||||
| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] | rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">https://www.pimco.com/en-us/investments/etf</span> | ||||||
| Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] | rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;">The Fund’s past performance, before and after taxes, is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future</span><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">.</span> | ||||||
| Bar Chart [Heading] | rr_BarChartHeading | <span style="color:#FFFFFF;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8pt;">Calendar Year Total Returns</span> | ||||||
| Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] | rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock | Best QuarterDecember 31, 202015.98%Worst QuarterMarch 31, 2020-25.64%Year-to-DateSeptember 30, 202415.49% | ||||||
| Performance Table Heading | rr_PerformanceTableHeading | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Average Annual Total Returns (for periods ended 12/31/23)</span> | ||||||
| Performance Table Market Index Changed | rr_PerformanceTableMarketIndexChanged | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:10pt;">Effective July 24, 2024, the Fund’s regulatory index is the S&P 500 Index. The Fund’s regulatory index is shown in connection with certain regulatory requirements to provide a broad measure of market performance. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged market index generally considered representative of the stock market as a whole.</span> | ||||||
| Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate | rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">After-tax returns are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. </span> | ||||||
| Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred | rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">Actual after-tax </span><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.</span> | ||||||
| Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher | rr_PerformanceTableExplanationAfterTaxHigher | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;"> In some cases the return after taxes may exceed the return before taxes due </span><span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:8pt;">to an assumed tax benefit from any losses on a sale of Fund shares at the end of the measurement period.</span> | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Risk Lose Money [Member] | ||||||||
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| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | It is possible to lose money on an investment in the Fund. | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | An investment in the Fund is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Small Fund Risk [Member] | ||||||||
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| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Small Fund Risk: the risk that a smaller fund may not achieve investment or trading efficiencies. Additionally, a smaller fund may be more adversely affected by large purchases or redemptions of fund shares | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Market Trading Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Market Trading Risk: the risk that an active secondary trading market for Fund shares does not continue once developed, that the Fund may not continue to meet a listing exchange’s trading or listing requirements, that trading in Fund shares may be halted or become less liquid or that Fund shares trade at prices other than the Fund’s net asset value, and are subject to trading costs, which may be exacerbated if the creation/redemption process becomes less effective, particularly during times of market stress | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Equity Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Equity Risk: the risk that the value of equity or equity-related securities, such as common stocks and preferred securities, may decline due to general market conditions which are not specifically related to a particular company or to factors affecting a particular industry or industries. Equity or equity-related securities generally have greater price volatility than fixed income securities. In addition, preferred securities may be subject to greater credit risk or other risks, such as risks related to deferred and omitted distributions, limited voting rights, liquidity, interest rates, regulatory changes and special redemption rights | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Credit Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Credit Risk: the risk that the Fund could lose money if the counterparty to a derivative contract, or the issuer or guarantor of collateral, is unable or unwilling, or is perceived (whether by market participants, rating agencies, pricing services or otherwise) as unable or unwilling, to meet its financial obligations | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Market Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Market Risk: the risk that the value of securities owned by the Fund may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to factors affecting securities markets generally or particular industries | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Liquidity Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Liquidity Risk: the risk that a particular investment may be difficult to purchase or sell and that the Fund may be unable to sell illiquid investments at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector. The liquidity of the Fund’s shares may be constrained by the liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio holdings | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Issuer Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Issuer Risk: the risk that the value of a security may decline for a reason directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, changes in financial condition or credit rating, financial leverage, reputation or reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Derivatives Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Derivatives Risk: the risk of investing in derivative instruments (such as forwards, futures, swaps and structured securities) and other similar investments, including leverage, liquidity, interest rate, market, counterparty (including credit), operational, legal and management risks and valuation complexity. Changes in the value of a derivative or other similar investment may not correlate perfectly with, and may be more sensitive to market events than, the underlying asset, rate or index, and the Fund could lose more than the initial amount invested. Changes in the value of a derivative or other similar instrument may also create margin delivery or settlement payment obligations for the Fund. The Fund’s use of derivatives or other similar investments may result in losses to the Fund, a reduction in the Fund’s returns and/or increased volatility. Non-centrally-cleared over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives or other similar investments are also subject to the risk that a counterparty to the transaction will not fulfill its contractual obligations to the other party, as many of the protections afforded to centrally-cleared derivative transactions might not be available for Non-centrally-cleared OTC derivatives or other similar investments. The primary credit risk on derivatives or other similar investments that are exchange-traded or traded through a central clearing counterparty resides with the Fund's clearing broker, or the clearinghouse. Changes in regulation relating to a registered fund’s use of derivatives and related instruments could potentially limit or impact the Fund’s ability to invest in derivatives, limit the Fund’s ability to employ certain strategies that use derivatives or other similar investments and/or adversely affect the value of derivatives or other similar investments and the Fund’s performance | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Model Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Model Risk: the risk that the Fund’s investment models used in making investment allocation decisions, including the indexation methodologies used in constructing the Underlying Index, may not adequately take into account certain factors, may contain design flaws or faulty assumptions, and may rely on incomplete or inaccurate data inputs, any of which may result in a decline in the value of an investment in the Fund | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Leveraging Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Leveraging Risk: the risk that certain transactions of the Fund, such as reverse repurchase agreements, loans of portfolio securities, and the use of when-issued, delayed delivery or forward commitment transactions, or derivative instruments, may give rise to leverage, magnifying gains and losses and causing the Fund to be more volatile than if it had not been leveraged. This means that leverage entails a heightened risk of loss | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Management and Tracking Error Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Management and Tracking Error Risk: the risk that a portfolio manager’s investment decisions may not produce the desired results or that the Fund’s portfolio may not closely track the Underlying Index for a number of reasons. The Fund incurs operating expenses, which are not applicable to the Underlying Index, and the costs of buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Fund’s portfolio to reflect changes in the composition of the Underlying Index. Performance of the Fund and the Underlying Index may vary due to asset valuation differences and differences between the Fund’s portfolio and the Underlying Index due to legal restrictions, cost or liquidity restraints. The risk that performance of the Fund and the Underlying Index may vary may be heightened during periods of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. In addition, to the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling approach, this approach may cause the Fund to be less correlated to the return of the Underlying Index than if the Fund held all of the securities in the Underlying Index | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Indexing Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Indexing Risk: the risk that the Fund is negatively affected by general declines in the asset classes represented by the Underlying Index | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Environmental Social and Governance Investing Risk [Member] | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Risk [Text Block] | rr_RiskTextBlock | Environmental, Social and Governance Investing Risk: the risk that, because the Underlying Index may select or exclude securities of certain issuers for reasons other than performance, the Fund’s performance will differ from funds that do not utilize an ESG investing strategy. ESG investing is qualitative and subjective by nature, and there is no guarantee that the factors utilized by the Index Provider or any judgment exercised by the Index Provider in constructing the Underlying Index will reflect the opinions of any particular investor | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment): | rr_ShareholderFeeOther | |||||||
| Management Fees | rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets | 0.29% | ||||||
| Other Expenses | rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets | 0.01% | [1] | |||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses | rr_ExpensesOverAssets | 0.30% | ||||||
| Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets | (0.01%) | [2] | |||||
| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense Reimbursement | rr_NetExpensesOverAssets | 0.29% | ||||||
| 1 Year | rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 | $ 30 | ||||||
| 3 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 | 95 | ||||||
| 5 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 | 168 | ||||||
| 10 Years | rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 | $ 380 | ||||||
| 2020 | rr_AnnualReturn2020 | 5.41% | ||||||
| 2021 | rr_AnnualReturn2021 | 30.24% | ||||||
| 2022 | rr_AnnualReturn2022 | (13.84%) | ||||||
| 2023 | rr_AnnualReturn2023 | 18.72% | ||||||
| Year to Date Return, Label | rr_YearToDateReturnLabel | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Year-to-Date</span> | ||||||
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date | rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate | Sep. 30, 2024 | ||||||
| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return | rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn | 15.49% | ||||||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Best Quarter</span> | ||||||
| Highest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate | Dec. 31, 2020 | ||||||
| Highest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn | 15.98% | ||||||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Label | rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel | <span style="color:#333333;font-family:Arial Narrow;font-size:7.5pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Worst Quarter</span> | ||||||
| Lowest Quarterly Return, Date | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate | Mar. 31, 2020 | ||||||
| Lowest Quarterly Return | rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn | (25.64%) | ||||||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 18.72% | ||||||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 9.05% | ||||||
| Inception Date | rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate | Dec. 18, 2019 | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Return After Taxes on Distributions | PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 18.17% | [3] | |||||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 8.47% | [3] | |||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sales of Fund Shares | PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 11.42% | [3] | |||||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 6.98% | [3] | |||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | S&P 500 Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 26.29% | ||||||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 12.28% | ||||||
| PIMCO RAFI ESG US ETF | RAFI ESG US Index (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes) | ||||||||
| Risk Return Abstract | rr_RiskReturnAbstract | |||||||
| 1 Year | rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 | 18.93% | ||||||
| Since Inception | rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception | 9.35% | ||||||
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