The invention discloses an electric quantity detection method for a chargeable battery. The method mainly comprises the following steps: detecting a change electric quantity of a chargeable battery at present time segment to updating an accumulated change electric quantity, and according to a battery absolute capacity and the accumulated change electric quantity, obtaining a battery actual residual electric quantity at present time segment; according to the battery actual residual electric quantity and the battery absolute capacity, updating present internal resistance potential drop of the battery; according to the present internal resistance potential drop, determining capacity correction threshold-voltage; according to the capacity correction threshold-voltage and the accumulated change electric quantity, calibrating a battery full charge available electric quantity and a battery residual available electric quantity at next time segment. The electric quantity detection method has the advantages of high precision, convenience of realization and the like. Correspondingly, the invention also discloses an electric quantity detection method for a chargeable battery. The apparatus comprises a detection module, an internal resistance potential drop updating module, a threshold-voltage calibration module and an electric quantity calibration module, and has the advantages of convenient operation, high measuring precision and the like.