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| Risk Return Abstract |
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| Registrant Name |
dei_EntityRegistrantName |
VANGUARD SCOTTSDALE FUNDS
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| Prospectus Date |
rr_ProspectusDate |
Dec. 20, 2024
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
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| Risk/Return [Heading] |
rr_RiskReturnHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:13pt;font-weight:bold;">ETF Summary</span>
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| Objective [Heading] |
rr_ObjectiveHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective</span>
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| Objective, Primary [Text Block] |
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The Fund seeks to track the performance of a broad, market-weighted index that measures the investment return of investment-grade U.S. bonds and investment-grade non-U.S. dollar-denominated bonds.
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| Expense [Heading] |
rr_ExpenseHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Fees and Expenses</span>
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| Expense Narrative [Text Block] |
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The following tables describe the fees and expenses 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 tables and example below.
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| Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] |
rr_ShareholderFeesCaption |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Shareholder Fees</span>
<br/><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;">(Fees paid directly from your investment)</span>
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| Operating Expenses Caption [Text] |
rr_OperatingExpensesCaption |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Fund Operating Expenses</span>
<br/><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;">(Expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)</span>
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| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] |
rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Portfolio Turnover</span>
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| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] |
rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock |
The Fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, 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 more taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the previous expense example, reduce the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 10% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate |
rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate |
10.00%
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| Expense Example [Heading] |
rr_ExpenseExampleHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Example</span>
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| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] |
rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock |
The following example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund (based on the fees and expenses of the acquired funds) with the cost of investing in other funds. It illustrates the hypothetical expenses that you would incur over various periods if you were to invest $10,000 in the Fund’s shares. This example assumes that the Fund provides a return of 5% each year and that total annual fund operating expenses (of the Fund and its underlying funds) remain as stated in the preceding table. You would incur these hypothetical expenses whether or not you were to sell your shares at the end of the given period. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
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| Expense Example Closing [Text Block] |
rr_ExpenseExampleClosingTextBlock |
This example does not include the brokerage commissions that you may pay to buy and sell shares of the Fund.
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| Strategy [Heading] |
rr_StrategyHeading |
<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Investment Strategies</span>
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| Strategy Narrative [Text Block] |
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The Fund is a fund of funds and employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted Composite Index (the Index), which is a custom, USD-hedged index designed to track the market capitalized weights of the global investment-grade bond market and is comprised of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index and the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index. The Fund may become nondiversified, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, solely as a result of an index rebalance or market movement. The Fund intends to obtain its exposure to the bonds held in the Index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in two Vanguard bond index ETFs (underlying funds), rather than in individual securities held in the Index. The underlying funds are Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (“Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF”) and Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund (“Vanguard Total International Bond ETF”). The Fund invests in the ETF share class of each underlying fund. The underlying funds’ bond holdings are a diversified mix of investment-grade U.S. and investment-grade non-U.S. government, corporate, and securitized bonds across yield curves and credit risks of multiple countries. Each of the underlying funds seek to track the performance of an index that represents a subset of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted Composite Index. Together, the two indexes tracked by the underlying funds comprise the Fund’s target index.
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| Risk [Heading] |
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Principal Risks</span>
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| Risk [Text Block] |
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• Interest rate risk, which is the chance that bond prices overall will decline because of rising interest rates. Interest rate risk should be moderate for the Fund.• Income risk, which is the chance that a fund’s income will decline because of falling interest rates.• Credit risk, which is the chance that a bond issuer will fail to pay interest or principal in a timely manner or that negative perceptions of the issuer’s ability to make such payments will cause the price of that bond to decline. Credit risk should be low for the Fund.• Country/regional risk, which is the chance that world events—such as political upheaval, financial troubles, or natural disasters—will adversely affect the value and/or liquidity of securities issued by foreign companies, governments, or government agencies. Because the Fund may indirectly invest a large portion of its assets in bonds of issuers located in a particular country or region, the Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of its investments in that area.• Index-related risks. The Fund is subject to risks associated with index investing, which include passive management risk, tracking error risk, and index provider risk. Passive management risk is the chance that the Fund’s use of an indexing strategy will negatively impact the Fund’s performance. Because the Fund seeks to track the performance of its target index regardless of how that index is performing, the Fund’s performance may be lower than it would be if the Fund were actively managed. Tracking error risk is the chance that the Fund’s performance will deviate from the performance of its target index. Tracking error risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or under other unusual market conditions. Index provider risk is the chance that the Fund will be negatively impacted by changes or errors made by the index provider. Any gains, losses, or costs associated with or resulting from an error made by the index provider will generally be borne by the Fund and, as a result, the Fund’s shareholders.• Index sampling risk, which is the chance that the securities selected for a fund, in the aggregate, will not provide investment performance matching that of a fund’s target index.• Call risk, which is the chance that which is the chance that during periods of falling interest rates, issuers of callable bonds may call (redeem) securities with higher coupon rates or interest rates before their maturity dates. A fund would then lose any price appreciation above the bond’s call price and would be forced to reinvest the unanticipated proceeds at lower interest rates, resulting in a decline in the fund’s income. Such redemptions and subsequent reinvestments would also increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Call risk should be low for the Fund.• Currency hedging risk, which is the chance that the currency hedging transactions entered into by an underlying fund may not perfectly offset the underlying fund’s foreign currency exposure. An underlying fund may seek to mimic the performance of foreign bonds without regard to currency exchange rate fluctuations. To accomplish this goal, an underlying fund may attempt to offset, or hedge, its foreign currency exposure by entering into currency hedging transactions, primarily through the use of foreign currency exchange forward contracts. However, it generally is not possible to perfectly hedge a fund’s foreign currency exposure. An underlying fund will decline in value if it underhedges a currency that has weakened or overhedges a currency that has strengthened relative to the U.S. dollar. In addition, an underlying fund will incur expenses to hedge its foreign currency exposure. By entering into currency hedging transactions, an underlying fund may eliminate any chance to benefit from favorable fluctuations in relevant currency exchange rates. Currency hedging risk for the Fund is low.• Liquidity risk, which is the chance that a fund may not be able to sell a security in a timely manner at a desired price.• Underlying fund risk. Because the Fund invests substantially all of its assets in underlying Vanguard funds, it is subject to underlying fund risk. This means that the Fund is exposed to all of the risks associated with the investment strategies and policies of the underlying Vanguard funds, including the risk that the underlying funds will not meet their investment objectives.Because the Fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) and the Fund’s shares are traded on an exchange, the Fund is subject to additional risks:• The Fund’s ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq and are bought and sold on the secondary market at market prices. Although it is expected that the market price of an ETF Share typically will approximate its net asset value (NAV), there may be times when the market price and the NAV differ significantly. Thus, you may pay more or less than NAV when you buy ETF Shares on the secondary market, and you may receive more or less than NAV when you sell those shares. The market price of the Fund’s ETF Shares may be affected by the market prices of the underlying funds’ ETF Shares.• Although the Fund’s and underlying funds’ ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq, it is possible that an active trading market may not be maintained, which could increase the Fund’s risks as disclosed in this prospectus.• Trading of the Fund’s and underlying funds’ ETF Shares may be halted by the activation of individual or marketwide trading halts (which halt trading for a specific period of time when the price of a particular security or overall market prices decline by a specified percentage). Trading of the Fund’s and underlying fund’s ETF shares may also be halted if (1) the shares are delisted from Nasdaq without first being listed on another exchange or (2) Nasdaq officials determine that such action is appropriate in the interest of a fair and orderly market or for the protection of investors. If trading of an underlying fund’s shares is halted, the Fund may not be able to purchase or dispose of underlying fund shares in a timely manner, which could increase the Fund’s risks as disclosed in this prospectus.
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| Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] |
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Total Returns</span>
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| Performance Narrative [Text Block] |
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The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s ETF Shares (based on NAV) in their first full calendar year. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of its target index and another comparative index, which have investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund. Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available on our website at vanguard.com/performance.
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| Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] |
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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">The following bar chart and table are intended to help you understand the risks of investing in the Fund. The bar chart shows the performance of the Fund’s ETF Shares (based on NAV) in their first full calendar year. The table shows how the average annual total returns of the Fund compare with those of its target index and another comparative index, which have investment characteristics similar to those of the Fund.</span>
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| Performance Availability Website Address [Text] |
rr_PerformanceAvailabilityWebSiteAddress |
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-style:italic;">vanguard.com/performance</span>
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| Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] |
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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;"> Keep in mind that the Fund’s past performance (before and </span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">after taxes) does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.</span>
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| Bar Chart [Heading] |
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<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;font-weight:bold;">Annual Total Returns — Vanguard Total World Bond ETF Shares</span><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.25pt;">1</span>
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| Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] |
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During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest and lowest returns for a calendar quarter were:
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| Performance Table Heading |
rr_PerformanceTableHeading |
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8.5pt;font-weight:bold;">Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2023</span>
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| Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate |
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">When after-tax returns are calculated, it is </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. </span>
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| Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred |
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan. </span>
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| Performance Table Explanation after Tax Higher |
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<span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;">Also, figures captioned </span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;font-style:italic;">Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares</span><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial;font-size:9.5pt;"> may be higher than other figures for the same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed tax deduction for the shareholder.</span>
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| Performance Table Closing [Text Block] |
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Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown in the preceding table. When after-tax returns are calculated, it is assumed that the shareholder was in the highest individual federal marginal income tax bracket at the time of each distribution of income or capital gains or upon redemption. State and local income taxes are not reflected in the calculations. Please note that after-tax returns are not relevant for a shareholder who holds fund shares in a tax-deferred account, such as an individual retirement account or a 401(k) plan. Also, figures captioned Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares may be higher than other figures for the same period if a capital loss occurs upon redemption and results in an assumed tax deduction for the shareholder.
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Risk Lose Money [Member] |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
rr_RiskTextBlock |
An investment in the Fund could lose money over short or long periods of time.
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Risk Not Insured Depository Institution [Member] |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
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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.
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Nondiversification Risk [Member] |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
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| Risk [Text Block] |
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• Nondiversification risk. Because the Fund seeks to closely track the composition of the Fund’s target index, from time to time, more than 25% of the Fund’s total assets may be invested in issuers representing more than 5% of the Fund’s total assets due to an index rebalance or market movement, which would result in the Fund being nondiversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund’s performance may be hurt disproportionately by the poor performance of bonds issued by just a few issuers or even a single issuer, and the Fund’s shares may experience significant fluctuations in value.
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | ETF Shares |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| Management Fees |
rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets |
none
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| 12b-1 Distribution Fee |
rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets |
none
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| Other Expenses |
rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets |
none
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| Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses |
rr_AcquiredFundFeesAndExpensesOverAssets |
0.05%
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| Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses |
rr_ExpensesOverAssets |
0.05%
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| 1 Year |
rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 |
$ 5
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| 3 Years |
rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 |
16
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| 5 Years |
rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 |
28
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| 10 Years |
rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 |
$ 64
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| 2019 |
rr_AnnualReturn2019 |
8.35%
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| 2020 |
rr_AnnualReturn2020 |
6.22%
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| 2021 |
rr_AnnualReturn2021 |
(2.06%)
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| Annual Return 2022 |
rr_AnnualReturn2022 |
(12.92%)
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| 2023 |
rr_AnnualReturn2023 |
7.20%
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| Year to Date Return, Label |
rr_YearToDateReturnLabel |
year-to-date return
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| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date |
rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate |
Sep. 30, 2024
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| Bar Chart, Year to Date Return |
rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn |
4.02%
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| Highest Quarterly Return, Label |
rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel |
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Highest</span>
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| Highest Quarterly Return, Date |
rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate |
Dec. 31, 2023
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| Highest Quarterly Return |
rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn |
6.60%
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| Lowest Quarterly Return, Label |
rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel |
<span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:8pt;margin-left:0.0pt;">Lowest</span>
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| Lowest Quarterly Return, Date |
rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate |
Mar. 31, 2022
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| Lowest Quarterly Return |
rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn |
(5.31%)
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| Inception Date |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate |
Sep. 04, 2018
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| Transaction Fee on Purchases and Sales |
scottsdale_TransactionFeeOnPurchasesandSales |
none
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| Transaction Fee on Reinvested Dividends |
scottsdale_TransactionFeeOnReinvestedDividends |
none
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Return After Taxes on Distributions | ETF Shares |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
5.57%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
(0.03%)
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
0.10%
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares | ETF Shares |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
4.23%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
0.35%
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
0.47%
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Based on NAV | ETF Shares |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
7.20%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
1.02%
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
1.22%
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Based on Market Price | ETF Shares |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
7.18%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
1.02%
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
1.22%
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
7.13%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
1.09%
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
1.30%
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| ETF | Vanguard Total World Bond ETF | Bloomberg Global Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in USD (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) |
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| Risk Return Abstract |
rr_RiskReturnAbstract |
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| 1 Year |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 |
6.49%
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| 5 Years |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 |
0.06%
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| Since Inception |
rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception |
0.18%
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