Consolidated Statements of Earnings - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 02, 2022	Jan. 03, 2021	Dec. 29, 2019
Income Statement [Abstract]
Sales to customers	$ 93,775	$ 82,584	$ 82,059
Cost of products sold	29,855	28,427	27,556
Gross profit	63,920	54,157	54,503
Selling, marketing and administrative expenses	24,659	22,084	22,178
Research and development expense	14,714	12,159	11,355
In-process research and development (Note 5)	900	181	890
Interest income	(53)	(111)	(357)
Interest expense, net of portion capitalized (Note 4)	183	201	318
Other (income) expense, net	489	2,899	2,525
Restructuring (Note 20)	252	247	266
Earnings before provision for taxes on income	22,776	16,497	17,328
Provision for taxes on income (Note 8)	1,898	1,783	2,209
Net earnings	$ 20,878	$ 14,714	$ 15,119
Net earnings per share (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 7.93	$ 5.59	$ 5.72
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 7.81	$ 5.51	$ 5.63
Average shares outstanding (Notes 1 and 15)
Basic (in shares)	2,632.1	2,632.8	2,645.1
Diluted (in shares)	2,674.0	2,670.7	2,684.3