Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2024	Dec. 31, 2023
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 962	$ 1,805
Trade receivables - third party and affiliates		1,121	1,243
Non-trade receivables, net		493	541
Inventories		2,284	2,357
Other assets		285	272
Total current assets		5,145	6,218
Investments in affiliates		1,217	1,220
Property, plant and equipment (net of accumulated depreciation - 2024: $4,562; 2023: $4,080)		5,273	5,584
Operating lease right-of-use assets		388	422
Deferred income taxes		1,251	1,677
Other assets		555	524
Goodwill	[1]	5,387	6,977
Intangible assets, net		3,641	3,975
Total assets		22,857	26,597
Current Liabilities
Short-term borrowings and current installments of long-term debt - third party and affiliates		1,501	1,383
Trade payables - third party and affiliates		1,228	1,510
Other liabilities		1,120	1,154
Income taxes payable		4	25
Total current liabilities		3,853	4,072
Long-term debt, net of unamortized deferred financing costs		11,078	12,301
Deferred income taxes		933	999
Uncertain tax positions		286	300
Benefit obligations		396	457
Operating lease liabilities		294	325
Other liabilities		408	591
Commitments and Contingencies
Shareholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized (2024 and 2023: 0 issued and outstanding)		0	0
Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 400,000,000 shares authorized (2024: 170,827,196 issued and 109,327,556 outstanding; 2023: 170,476,740 issued and 108,906,426 outstanding)		0	0
Treasury stock, at cost (2024: 61,499,640 shares; 2023: 61,570,314 shares)		(5,486)	(5,488)
Additional paid-in capital		409	394
Retained earnings		11,100	12,929
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), net		(848)	(744)
Total Celanese Corporation shareholders' equity		5,175	7,091
Noncontrolling interests		434	461
Total equity		5,609	7,552
Total liabilities and equity		$ 22,857	$ 26,597

[1] Includes accumulated impairment losses of $1.5 billion in the Engineered Materials segment as of December 31, 2024. There were no accumulated impairment losses as of December 31, 2023.