Segment Information (Details) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2016 business_segment	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) business_segment	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)		Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of product segments (in segments) | business_segment			2
Number of reportable segments (in segments) | business_segment	5
Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, before tax			$ 105	$ 170		$ 195
Charges for previously disclosed litigation matters			17	14		41
Gain on sale of land in Mexico			97	0		0
Charge for Venezuela accounting change			0	1,084		0
Venezuela remeasurement charges			0	34		327
Gain on sale of South Pacific laundry detergent business			0	187		0
Total net sales			15,195	16,034		17,277
Total operating profit			3,837	2,789		3,557
Total capital expenditures			593	691		757
Total depreciation and amortization			443	449		442
Total identifiable assets			$ 12,123	$ 11,935	[1]	$ 13,440
Percentage of corporate identifiable assets consisting of derivative instruments			24.00%	76.00%		72.00%
Percentage of corporate identifiable assets consisting of investments in equity securities			68.00%	23.00%		25.00%
Total long lived assets			$ 7,642	$ 7,420		$ 8,086
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			12,931	13,822		15,022
Total operating profit			3,814	3,864		4,053
Total capital expenditures			433	490		580
Total depreciation and amortization			297	309		308
Total identifiable assets			11,058	10,751		12,268
Operating Segments | Pet Nutrition
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			2,264	2,212		2,255
Total operating profit			653	612		592
Total capital expenditures			38	34		40
Total depreciation and amortization			53	52		52
Total identifiable assets			1,009	1,006		1,051
Corporate, Non-Segment
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total operating profit			(630)	(1,687)		(1,088)
Total capital expenditures			122	167		137
Total depreciation and amortization			93	88		82
Total identifiable assets			56	178		121
CP Venezuela
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Charge for Venezuela accounting change				1,084
Venezuela remeasurement charges				34		327
MEXICO
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain on sale of land in Mexico		$ 97	97
Pretax costs related to sale of land in Mexico						4
UNITED STATES | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			2,932	2,896		2,835
UNITED STATES | Pet Nutrition
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			1,243	1,223		1,149
North America | Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			3,183	3,149		3,124
Total operating profit			1,030	974		926
Total capital expenditures			151	207		136
Total depreciation and amortization			54	47		43
Total identifiable assets			2,685	2,622		2,326
Latin America | Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			3,650	4,327		4,769
Total operating profit			1,132	1,209		1,279
Total capital expenditures			94	110		205
Total depreciation and amortization			76	88		93
Total identifiable assets			2,314	2,314		3,693
Europe | Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			2,342	2,411		2,840
Total operating profit			579	615		712
Total capital expenditures			51	40		74
Total depreciation and amortization			64	67		77
Total identifiable assets			3,554	3,308		3,669
Asia Pacific | Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			2,796	2,937		3,081
Total operating profit			887	888		901
Total capital expenditures			120	121		151
Total depreciation and amortization			96	99		85
Total identifiable assets			2,006	2,031		2,070
Africa/Eurasia | Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total net sales			960	998		1,208
Total operating profit			186	178		235
Total capital expenditures			17	12		14
Total depreciation and amortization			7	8		10
Total identifiable assets			499	476		510
2012 Restructuring Program
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total 2012 Restructuring Program charges, before tax			$ 228	254		$ 286
Home Care | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Gain on sale of South Pacific laundry detergent business				$ 187
Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of consolidated Net sales represented by sales outside US			75.00%
Percentage of consolidated Net sales coming from emerging markets			50.00%
Percentage of consolidated sales represented by one customer			11.00%

[1] Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation of debt issuance costs required by Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-03 “Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs.” See Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.