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Employee Postretirement Benefits (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Defined Benefit Pension Plans and Defined Benefit Postretirement Plans Disclosure [Abstract] |
Benefit Cost Information or Defined Benefit Plan and Other Postretirement Benefit Plan | Summarized financial information about postretirement plans, excluding defined contribution retirement plans, is presented below:
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
| Year Ended December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Change in Benefit Obligation |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Benefit obligation at beginning of year | $ | 4,126 |  |  | $ | 3,959 |  |  | $ | 758 |  |  | $ | 717 |
Service cost | 41 |  |  | 42 |  |  | 12 |  |  | 11 |
Interest cost | 129 |  |  | 148 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 33 |
Actuarial loss | 20 |  |  | 501 |  |  | 16 |  |  | 41 |
Currency and other | 221 |  |  | (304 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | 9 |
Benefit payments from plans | (218 | ) |  | (202 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Direct benefit payments | (8 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | (50 | ) |  | (53 | )
Settlements | (15 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Benefit obligation at end of year | 4,296 |  |  | 4,126 |  |  | 765 |  |  | 758 |
Change in Plan Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of plan assets at beginning of year | 3,534 |  |  | 3,508 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Actual return on plan assets | 333 |  |  | 413 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Employer contributions | 53 |  |  | 108 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Currency and other | 204 |  |  | (290 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Benefit payments | (218 | ) |  | (202 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlements | (9 | ) |  | (3 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Fair value of plan assets at end of year | 3,897 |  |  | 3,534 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Funded Status | $ | (399 | ) |  | $ | (592 | ) |  | $ | (765 | ) |  | $ | (758 | )
Principal Plans and all Other Pension Plans | Information for the Principal Plans and All Other Pension Plans
| Principal Plans |  | All Other Pension Plans |  | Total
| Year Ended December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Projected benefit obligation (“PBO”) | $ | 3,567 |  |  | $ | 3,427 |  |  | $ | 729 |  |  | $ | 699 |  |  | $ | 4,296 |  |  | $ | 4,126 |
Accumulated benefit obligation (“ABO”) | 3,513 |  |  | 3,378 |  |  | 658 |  |  | 622 |  |  | 4,171 |  |  | 4,000 |
Fair value of plan assets | 3,312 |  |  | 3,011 |  |  | 585 |  |  | 523 |  |  | 3,897 |  |  | 3,534 |
Pension Plans with an ABO in Excess of Plan Assets | Information for Pension Plans with an ABO in Excess of Plan Assets
| December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016
PBO | $ | 2,146 |  |  | $ | 3,807 |
ABO | 2,134 |  |  | 3,736 |
Fair value of plan assets | 1,699 |  |  | 3,243 |
Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost | Components of Net Periodic Benefit Cost
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
| Year Ended December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Service cost | $ | 41 |  |  | $ | 42 |  |  | $ | 38 |  |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 11 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Interest cost | 129 |  |  | 148 |  |  | 187 |  |  | 32 |  |  | 33 |  |  | 32 |
Expected return on plan assets(a) | (156 | ) |  | (158 | ) |  | (215 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Recognized net actuarial loss | 57 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 75 |  |  | 1 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Settlements | 7 |  |  | 1 |  |  | 1,357 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | (9 | ) |  | (9 | ) |  | (10 | ) |  | (2 | ) |  | (1 | ) |  | (1 | )
Net periodic benefit cost | $ | 69 |  |  | $ | 76 |  |  | $ | 1,432 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 43 |  |  | $ | 43 |
(a) | The expected return on plan assets is determined by multiplying the fair value of plan assets at the remeasurement date, typically the prior year-end adjusted for estimated current year cash benefit payments and contributions, by the expected long-term rate of return.
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Net Cost | Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Net Cost for Years Ended December 31
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
| Projected 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Discount rate | 3.10 | % |  | 3.19 | % |  | 3.91 | % |  | 3.86 | % |  | 4.29 | % |  | 4.59 | % |  | 4.28 | %
Expected long-term return on plan assets | 4.54 | % |  | 4.46 | % |  | 4.84 | % |  | 5.21 | % |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Rate of compensation increase | 2.27 | % |  | 2.29 | % |  | 2.32 | % |  | 2.63 | % |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations | Weighted-Average Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit Obligations at December 31
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Discount rate | 3.10 | % |  | 3.19 | % |  | 3.91 | % |  | 4.29 | %
Rate of compensation increase | 2.27 | % |  | 2.29 | % |  | — |  |  | — |
Pension Plan Assets of the Principal Plans Measured at Fair Value |
| Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2017(a)
| Total Plan Assets |  | Assets at Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  | Assets at Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |  |  |  |
Held directly | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | 28 |  |  | $ | — |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value | 24 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Fixed Income |  |  |  |  |
Held directly |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and municipals | 522 |  |  | 522 |  |  | — |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  |
U.S. government and municipals | 150 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
U.S. corporate debt | 686 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
International bonds | 665 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Equity |  |  |  |  |
Held directly |  |  |  |  |
U.S. equity | 41 |  |  | 41 |  |  | — |
International equity | 47 |  |  | 47 |  |  | — |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value |  |  |  |  |
Non-U.S. equity | 85 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Global equity | 730 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Insurance Contracts | 334 |  |  | — |  |  | 334 |
Total Plan Assets | $ | 3,312 |  |  | $ | 638 |  |  | $ | 334 |
(a) | There were no plan assets measured at Level 2.
For the U.S. pension plan, Treasury futures contracts are used when appropriate to manage duration targets. As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, the U.S. plan had Treasury futures contracts in place with a total notional value of approximately $138 and $216, respectively, and an insignificant fair value. During 2017 and 2016, the plan assets did not include a significant amount of Kimberly-Clark common stock.
| Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2016(a)
| Total Plan Assets |  | Assets at Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)
Cash and Cash Equivalents |  |  |
Held directly | $ | 33 |  |  | $ | 33 |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value | 17 |  |  | — |
Fixed Income |  |  |
Held directly |  |  |
U.S. government and municipals | 122 |  |  | 122 |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value |  |  |
U.S. government and municipals | 128 |  |  | — |
U.S. corporate debt | 648 |  |  | — |
International bonds | 1,223 |  |  | — |
Equity |  |  |
Held directly |  |  |
U.S. equity | 41 |  |  | 41 |
International equity | 44 |  |  | 44 |
Held through mutual and pooled funds measured at net asset value |  |  |
Non-U.S. equity | 68 |  |  | — |
Global equity | 687 |  |  | — |
Total Plan Assets | $ | 3,011 |  |  | $ | 240 |
(a) | There were no plan assets measured at Level 2 or Level 3.
Estimated Future Benefit Payments | Over the next ten years, we expect that the following gross benefit payments will occur:
| Pension Benefits |  | Other Benefits
2018 | $ | 245 |  |  | $ | 58 |
2019 | 259 |  |  | 60 |
2020 | 263 |  |  | 60 |
2021 | 261 |  |  | 62 |
2022 | 272 |  |  | 63 |
2023-2027 | 1,322 |  |  | 299 |

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