COMMITMENTS, GUARANTEES, PRODUCT WARRANTIES AND OTHER LOSS CONTINGENCIES - Commitments (Details) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020 aircraft	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) aircraft
GE Capital \| Investment Commitments
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments		$ 2,786
GE Capital \| Thermal and Wind Energy Projects
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments		1,149
GE Capital \| Run-off Insurance Operations
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments		1,608
GE Capital \| Thermal and Wind Energy Projects, Unconsolidated VIE Investment Commitment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments		260
GE Capital \| Run-off Insurance Operations, Unconsolidated VIE Investment Commitment
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Commitments		1,090
GECAS \| Aircraft with GE Engines
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitments		35,772
Advances for pre-delivery payments		$ 2,963
GECAS \| New Aircraft
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Number of aircrafts for delivery \| aircraft		358
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered		10.00%
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered in second year		18.00%
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered in third year and thereafter		72.00%
GECAS \| Used Aircraft
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Long-term purchase commitments		$ 2,297
Number of aircrafts for delivery \| aircraft		53
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered		21.00%
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered in second year		64.00%
Percentage of aircrafts to be delivered in third year and thereafter		15.00%
Aviation
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Financial assistance commitment		$ 2,072
Subsequent Event \| GECAS \| Aircraft with GE Engines
Long-term Purchase Commitment [Line Items]
Canceled orders \| aircraft	69
Orders remaining \| aircraft	82

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