Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 76,450	$ 71,890	$ 70,074
Cost of products sold	25,354	21,685	21,536
Gross profit	51,096	50,205	48,538
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	21,420	19,945	21,203
Research and development expense	10,554	9,095	9,046
In-process research and development	408	29	224
Interest income	(385)	(368)	(128)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized (Note 4)	934	726	552
Other (income) expense, net	183	484	(2,064)
Restructuring (Note 22)	309	491	509
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	17,673	19,803	19,196
Provision for taxes on income (Note 8)	16,373	3,263	3,787
Net earnings	$ 1,300	$ 16,540	$ 15,409
Net earnings per share (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 0.48	$ 6.04	$ 5.56
Diluted (in dollars per share)	0.47	5.93	5.48
Cash dividends per share (in dollars per share)	$ 3.32	$ 3.15	$ 2.95
Average shares outstanding (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in shares)	2,692.0	2,737.3	2,771.8
Diluted (in shares)	2,745.3	2,788.9	2,812.9