Fees and Expenses - World Mutual Funds Prospectus |
Apr. 01, 2026
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| Emerging Markets Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 15 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 58% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 58.00% |
| Emerging Markets Fund | Emerging Markets Fund, A Class | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| Focused Global Growth Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information. |
| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that you earn 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: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 68% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 68.00% |
| Focused Global Growth Fund | FOCUSED GLOBAL GROWTH FUND, A CLASS | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| Focused International Growth Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 90% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 90.00% |
| Focused International Growth Fund | Focused International Growth Fund, A Class | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| Global Small Cap Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods, that you earn 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: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 140% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 140.00% |
| Global Small Cap Fund | Global Small Cap Fund, A Class | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| International Growth Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 13 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 65% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 65.00% |
| International Growth Fund | International Growth Fund, A Class | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| International Opportunities Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 12 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 119% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 119.00% |
| International Opportunities Fund | INTERNATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, A CLASS | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| International Small-Mid Cap Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes the fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold and sell shares of the fund.
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| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 128% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 128.00% |
| International Value Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 79% of the average value of its portfolio.
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| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 79.00% |
| International Value Fund | INTERNATIONAL VALUE FUND, A CLASS | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |
| Non-U.S. Intrinsic Value Fund | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expense Heading [Optional Text] | Fees and Expenses |
| Expense Narrative [Text Block] | The following table describes 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 examples below. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in Calculation of Sales Charges on page 14 of the fund’s prospectus, Appendix A of the fund’s prospectus and Sales Charges in Appendix B of the statement of additional information.
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| Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] | You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in American Century Investments funds. |
| Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] | $ 50,000 |
| Shareholder Fees Caption [Optional Text] | Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
| Operating Expenses Caption [Optional Text] | Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) |
| Expense Example [Heading] | Example |
| Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] | The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. |
| Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] | The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods and that you earn a 5% return each year. The example also assumes that the fund’s operating expenses remain the same, except that it reflects the rate and duration of any fee waivers noted in the table above. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: |
| Portfolio Turnover [Heading] | Portfolio Turnover |
| Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] | The fund pays 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 higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 71% of the average value of its portfolio. |
| Portfolio Turnover, Rate | 71.00% |
| Non-U.S. Intrinsic Value Fund | NON-U.S. INTRINSIC VALUE FUND, A CLASS | |
| Prospectus [Line Items] | |
| Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] | Purchases of $1 million or more may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% if the shares are redeemed within one year of the date of the purchase. |