EID Segment FN Segment reconciliation (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes on continuing operations		$ (74)	$ (28)	$ 372	$ 434
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		(396)	8	1,629	2,101
Interest income		36	19	75	58
Interest Expense		18	8	43	22
Exchange (gains) losses - net	[1]	(13)	2	(96)	(47)
Significant Items		202	(21)	379	214
Corporate Expenses		32	40	83	106
Segment operating EBITDA		128	(11)	2,937	2,420
Mark-to-market gain (loss) on certain foreign currency contracts not designated as hedges			27
EID [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Income from Continuing Operations After Taxes		(333)	27	1,232	1,637
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes on continuing operations		(77)	(30)	364	425
Income from continuing operations before income taxes		(410)	(3)	1,596	2,062
Depreciation and Amortization		310	309	919	926
Interest Expense		32	19	76	61
Non-operating benefits - net		(9)	(315)	(134)	(941)
Significant Items		202	(21)	379	214
Corporate Expenses		32	40	83	106
Segment operating EBITDA		128	(11)	2,937	2,420
Mark-to-market gain (loss) on certain foreign currency contracts not designated as hedges		6	19	3	(3)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Depreciation and Amortization		310	309	919	926
Interest income		(36)	(19)	(75)	(58)
Exchange (gains) losses - net		13	(2)	96	47
Significant Items		(202)	21	(379)	(214)
Mark-to-market gain (loss) on certain foreign currency contracts not designated as hedges		6	19	3	(3)
Segment Reconciling Items [Member] | EID [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Interest income		(36)	(19)	(75)	(58)
Exchange (gains) losses - net		13	(2)	96	47
Corporate | Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Significant Items		(66)	(9)	(83)	(65)
Crop Protection [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Segment operating EBITDA		352	206	1,352	897
Crop Protection [Member] | Segment Reconciling Items [Member]
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Significant Items		$ (42)	$ (8)	$ (59)	$ (51)

[1] Includes net pre-tax exchange gains (losses) of $(32) million and $(65) million associated with the devaluation of the Argentine peso for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively, and $(16) million and $(53) million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.