Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 29, 2019	Sep. 30, 2018
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 20,729	$ 20,348	$ 61,312	$ 61,187
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 6,867	$ 6,589	$ 20,422	$ 20,130
Cost of products sold percent to sales	33.10%	32.40%	33.30%	32.90%
Gross profit	$ 13,862	$ 13,759	$ 40,890	$ 41,057
Gross profit percent to sales	66.90%	67.60%	66.70%	67.10%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,374	$ 5,543	$ 16,139	$ 16,549
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	26.00%	27.30%	26.30%	27.10%
Research and development expense	$ 2,599	$ 2,508	$ 8,123	$ 7,551
Research and development expense percent to sales	12.50%	12.30%	13.30%	12.30%
In-process research and development	$ 0	$ 1,126	$ 890	$ 1,126
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.00%	5.60%	1.40%	1.80%
Interest income	$ (89)	$ (175)	$ (276)	$ (415)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.40%)	(0.90%)	(0.50%)	(0.60%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 48	$ 243	$ 233	$ 755
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.20%	1.20%	0.40%	1.20%
Other (income) expense, net	$ 4,214	$ 3	$ 2,509	$ 427
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	20.30%	0.00%	4.10%	0.70%
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 69	$ 88	$ 162	$ 187
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.40%	0.40%	0.30%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 1,647	$ 4,423	$ 13,110	$ 14,877
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	7.90%	21.70%	21.40%	24.30%
Provision for taxes on income	$ (106)	$ 489	$ 2,001	$ 2,622
Provision for (Benefit from) taxes on income (Note 5)	(0.60%)	2.40%	3.30%	4.30%
NET EARNINGS	$ 1,753	$ 3,934	$ 11,109	$ 12,255
Net earnings percent to sales	8.50%	19.30%	18.10%	20.00%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 0.67	$ 1.47	$ 4.19	$ 4.57
Diluted (per share)	$ 0.66	$ 1.44	$ 4.13	$ 4.49
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,635.2	2,683.2	2,649.5	2,682.6
Diluted (shares)	2,669.9	2,727.6	2,688.1	2,729.6