Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 04, 2021	Mar. 29, 2020
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 22,321	$ 20,691
Sales to customers percent to sales	100.00%	100.00%
Cost of products sold	$ 7,063	$ 7,062
Cost of products sold percent to sales	31.70%	34.10%
Gross profit	$ 15,258	$ 13,629
Gross Profit Percent To Sales	68.30%	65.90%
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	$ 5,432	$ 5,203
Selling marketing and administrative expenses percent to sales	24.30%	25.10%
Research and development expense	$ 3,178	$ 2,580
Research and development expense percent to sales	14.20%	12.50%
Interest income	$ (15)	$ (67)
Interest income percent to sales	(0.10%)	(0.30%)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized	$ 63	$ 25
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized percent to sales	0.30%	0.10%
Other (income) expense, net	$ (882)	$ (679)
Other (income) expense, net percent to sales	(3.90%)	(3.30%)
Restructuring (Note 12)	$ 53	$ 58
Restructuring charge percent to sales	0.20%	0.30%
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	$ 7,429	$ 6,509
Earnings before provision for taxes on income percent to sales	33.30%	31.50%
Provision for taxes on income	$ 1,232	$ 713
Provision for taxes on income (Note 5)	5.50%	3.50%
Net earnings	$ 6,197	$ 5,796
Net earnings percent to sales	27.80%	28.00%
NET EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic (per share)	$ 2.35	$ 2.20
Diluted net earnings per share	$ 2.32	$ 2.17
AVG. SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic (shares)	2,631.6	2,633.7
Diluted (shares)	2,672.7	2,671.0