Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 28, 2014
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 71,890	$ 70,074	$ 74,331
Cost of products sold	21,685	21,536	22,746
Gross profit	50,205	48,538	51,585
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	19,945	21,203	21,954
Research and development expense	9,095	9,046	8,494
In-process research and development	29	224	178
Interest income	(368)	(128)	(67)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized (Note 4)	726	552	533
Other (income) expense, net	484	(2,064)	(70)
Restructuring (Note 22)	491	509	0
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	19,803	19,196	20,563
Provision for taxes on income (Note 8)	3,263	3,787	4,240
Net earnings	$ 16,540	$ 15,409	$ 16,323
Net earnings per share (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 6.04	$ 5.56	$ 5.80
Diluted (in dollars per share)	5.93	5.48	5.70
Cash dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.15	$ 2.95	$ 2.76
Average shares outstanding (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in shares)	2,737.3	2,771.8	2,815.2
Diluted (in shares)	2,788.9	2,812.9	2,863.9