Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 20,691	$ 20,021
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 7,062	$ 6,615
Cost of products sold percent to sales	34.10%	33.00%
Gross profit	$ 13,629	$ 13,406
Gross profit percent to sales	65.90%	67.00%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,203	$ 5,219
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	25.10%	26.10%
Research and development expense	$ 2,580	$ 2,858
Research and development expense percent to sales	12.50%	14.30%
In-process research and development	$ 0	$ 890
In-process research and development percent to sales	0.00%	4.40%
Interest income	$ (67)	$ (99)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.30%)	(0.50%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 25	$ 102
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.10%	0.50%
Other (income) expense, net	$ (679)	$ (22)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	(3.30%)	(0.10%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 58	$ 36
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.30%	0.20%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 6,509	$ 4,422
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	31.50%	22.10%
Provision for taxes on income	$ 713	$ 673
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	3.50%	3.40%
NET EARNINGS	$ 5,796	$ 3,749
Net earnings percent to sales	28.00%	18.70%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 2.20	$ 1.41
Diluted (per share)	$ 2.17	$ 1.39
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,633.7	2,660.8
Diluted (shares)	2,671.0	2,698.8