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Represents the lower limit of ownership in a company by PMI used in defining Non-employee directors under the stock compensation plan.

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Share Based Compensation Arrangement By Share Based Payment Award Equity Instrument Other Than Options Grants In Period Total Value

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award, Duration of the Performance Cycle that Requires the Achievement of Predefined Performance Metrics

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Share-Based Compensation by Share-Based Payment Awards, the Aggregate Weighted Performance Factor that Results in the Vesting of the Targeted Number of Performance Share Units

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The Number of shares of Common Stock Issued for each Vested Performance Share Unit

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Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Unrecognized cost of unvested share-based compensation awards.

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Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Estimated period over which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the equity-based payment award, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Percentage of vesting of share-based compensation awards.

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Stock Plans (Narrative) (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) performance_metric year $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) $ / shares	May 31, 2012 shares	Dec. 31, 2008 shares
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted-average grant date fair value	$ 108	$ 126	$ 189
Weighted-average grant date fair value, per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 89.03	$ 82.28	$ 77.79
Compensation expense for restricted stock and deferred stock awards	$ 126	$ 166	$ 210
Unamortized compensation cost related to restricted stock and deferred stock awards	$ 105
Weighted-average recognition period	2 years
Award requisite service period	3 years
Minimum retirement age \| year	58
Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expense for restricted stock and deferred stock awards	$ 27
Unamortized compensation cost related to restricted stock and deferred stock awards	$ 25
Weighted-average recognition period	2 years
Award requisite service period	3 years
Minimum retirement age \| year	58
Performance period	3 years
Number of performance metrics used to determine the percentage of PSU's that will vest \| performance_metric	3
Number of shares of common stock issued for each vested PSU \| shares	1
Aggregate weighted performance factor that determines if the target number of PSU's will vest	100.00%
Performance Share Units, TSR Relative To Customer Peer Group [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted-average grant date fair value	$ 22
Weighted-average grant date fair value, per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 104.60
Performance Share Units, Other Performance Factors [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Weighted-average grant date fair value	$ 19
Weighted-average grant date fair value, per share (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 89.02
2012 Performance Incentive Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Estimated common stock to be awarded under a stock benefit plan, maximum limit (in shares) \| shares				30,000,000
Shares available for grant under the plan (in shares) \| shares	21,180,030
Non Employee Directors Plan [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Estimated common stock to be awarded under a stock benefit plan, maximum limit (in shares) \| shares					1,000,000
Shares available for grant under the plan (in shares) \| shares	677,539
Percentage of voting shares that PMI may own, used in determining non-employee director status					50.00%
Minimum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	0.00%
Maximum [Member] \| Performance Shares [Member]
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Vesting percentage	200.00%