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Business Segment and Geographic Data Information (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010	Dec. 31, 2009
Net sales percent	12.00%	13.00%	13.00%
Ownership interest	20.00%
Investments in equity company	$ 338,000,000	$ 374,000,000
Kimberly-Clark Lever Private Limited (India) [Member]
Ownership interest	50.00%
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, S.A.B. de C.V. and subsidiaries [Member]
Ownership interest	47.90%
Investments in equity company	239,000,000
Estimated fair value of the investment	$ 2,700,000,000
Olayan Kimberly-Clark Arabia [Member]
Ownership interest	49.00%
Olayan Kimberly-Clark (Bahrain) WLL [Member]
Ownership interest	49.00%
Tecnosur S.A. (Colombia) [Member]
Ownership interest	50.00%

The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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This element represents the portion of the balance sheet assertion valued at fair value by the entity whether such amount is presented as a separate caption or as a parenthetical disclosure. Additionally, this element may be used in connection with the fair value disclosures required in the footnote disclosures to the financial statements. The element may be used in both the balance sheet and disclosure in the same submission. This item represents investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting as of the balance sheet date.

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