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Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans - Plan Amount Narrative (Details) - Qualified and Non-Pension Benefits | Dec. 31, 2021 standardPlan country
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Benefit Plan Information |
Company-sponsored retirement plans, minimum number of worldwide plans | standardPlan | 75
Company-sponsored retirement plans, number of countries | country | 28

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- Definition The number of company-sponsored worldwide plans aggregated together for disclosures purposes. + References No definition available. + Details
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Balance Type: | na
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- Definition This element represents the number of countries in which company has company-sponsored plans. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | mmm_
Data Type: | xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | instant

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- Definition Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. + References No definition available. + Details
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Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

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- Details
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Data Type: | na
Balance Type: |
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