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The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class A
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class A (with sales charge)
Accumulated Value			$ 9,629				$ 10,273			$ 10,263			$ 10,427			$ 11,127			$ 11,617			$ 12,088			$ 11,209			$ 11,262			$ 11,831	$ 11,823
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class C
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class C (with sales charge)
Accumulated Value			10,000				10,585			10,492			10,576			11,198			11,605			11,986			11,031			11,001			11,556	11,548
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class T
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class T (with sales charge)
Accumulated Value	$ 9,750			$ 9,952				$ 10,134			$ 10,836			$ 11,340			$ 11,830			$ 10,996			$ 11,080			$ 11,670			$ 11,694
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class F-1
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class F-1
Accumulated Value			10,000				10,653			10,630			10,787			11,497			11,993			12,469			11,552			11,599			12,173	12,155
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class F-2
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class F-2
Accumulated Value			10,000				10,684			10,686			10,872			11,618			12,151			12,666			11,765			11,843			12,463	12,476
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class F-3
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class F-3
Accumulated Value		$ 10,000			$ 10,354				$ 10,545			$ 11,280			$ 11,810			$ 12,324			$ 11,459			$ 11,547			$ 12,165			$ 12,193
The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America® - Class R-6
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America — Class R-6
Accumulated Value			10,000				10,695			10,711			10,909			11,670			12,218			12,749			11,855			11,946			12,586	12,603
Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index [Member]
Account Value [Line Items]
Line Graph and Table Measure Name						Bloomberg Municipal Bond Index
Accumulated Value	$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 10,000	$ 10,234	$ 10,391		$ 10,694	$ 10,336	$ 10,494	$ 10,722	$ 11,091	$ 11,261	$ 10,828	$ 11,685	$ 11,865	$ 11,619	$ 12,070	$ 12,255	$ 12,242	$ 11,234	$ 11,406	$ 12,645	$ 11,338	$ 11,512	$ 11,769	$ 11,762	$ 11,943	$ 11,878	$ 11,762	$ 11,942	$ 12,323	$ 12,322