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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		$ 9,625		$ 9,616		$ 9,770		$ 10,425		$ 10,884		$ 11,326		$ 10,502		$ 10,552		$ 11,084		$ 11,077		$ 11,663
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		9,912		9,991		10,578		10,963		11,323		10,421		10,392		10,833		10,825		11,398
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		9,978		10,126		10,792		11,258		11,705		10,844		10,888		11,427		11,410		12,004
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		10,003		10,176		10,875		11,373		11,855		11,012		11,085		11,666		11,678		12,317
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				$ 10,545		$ 11,280		$ 11,810		$ 12,324		$ 11,459		$ 11,547		$ 12,165		$ 12,193		$ 12,874
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		10,015		10,200		10,911		11,424		11,921		11,085		11,170		11,768		11,785		12,443
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		$ 10,026	$ 10,494	$ 10,125	$ 11,261	$ 10,865	$ 11,865	$ 11,447	$ 12,255	$ 11,824	$ 11,406	$ 11,005	$ 11,512	$ 11,107	$ 11,943	$ 11,523	$ 11,942	$ 11,522	$ 12,571	$ 12,129