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Stockholders' Equity (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Equity [Abstract] |
Components of AOCI attributable to Kimberly-Clark | The changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income ("AOCI") attributable to Kimberly-Clark, net of tax, are as follows:
|  | Unrealized Translation |  | Defined Benefit Pension Plans |  | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans |  | Cash Flow Hedges and Other
Balance as of December 31, 2015 |  | $ | (2,252 | ) |  | $ | (1,013 | ) |  | $ | (3 | ) |  | $ | (10 | )
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  | (99 | ) |  | (115 | ) |  | (27 | ) |  | 33 |
(Income) loss reclassified from AOCI |  | — |  |  | 31 |  | (a) | (1 | ) | (a) | (18 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  | (99 | ) |  | (84 | ) |  | (28 | ) |  | 15 |
Balance as of December 31, 2016 |  | (2,351 | ) |  | (1,097 | ) |  | (31 | ) |  | 5 |
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications |  | 487 |  |  | 85 |  |  | (7 | ) |  | (56 | )
(Income) loss reclassified from AOCI |  | — |  |  | 36 |  | (a) | (1 | ) | (a) | 11 |
Net current period other comprehensive income (loss) |  | 487 |  |  | 121 |  |  | (8 | ) |  | (45 | )
Balance as of December 31, 2017 |  | $ | (1,864 | ) |  | $ | (976 | ) |  | $ | (39 | ) |  | $ | (40 | )
(a) | Included in computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs (see Note 6).
Change in Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) | The changes in the components of AOCI attributable to Kimberly-Clark, including the tax effect, are as follows:
| Year Ended December 31
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
Unrealized translation | $ | 398 |  |  | $ | (88 | ) |  | $ | (882 | )
Tax effect | 89 |  |  | (11 | ) |  | (23 | )
| 487 |  |  | (99 | ) |  | (905 | )
Defined benefit pension plans |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount |  |  |  |  |
Funded status recognition | 159 |  |  | (230 | ) |  | (4 | )
Amortization included in net periodic benefit cost | 63 |  |  | 52 |  |  | 75 |
2015 U.S. plan settlements (recorded in Other (income) and expense, net) | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,355 |
Currency and other | (66 | ) |  | 81 |  |  | 42 |
| 156 |  |  | (97 | ) |  | 1,468 |
Unrecognized prior service cost/credit |  |  |  |  |
Funded status recognition | 2 |  |  | (1 | ) |  | 4 |
Amortization included in net periodic benefit cost | (8 | ) |  | (8 | ) |  | (12 | )
Currency and other | 3 |  |  | (6 | ) |  | (2 | )
| (3 | ) |  | (15 | ) |  | (10 | )
Tax effect | (32 | ) |  | 28 |  |  | (547 | )
| 121 |  |  | (84 | ) |  | 911 |
Other postretirement benefit plans |  |  |  |  |
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount and other | (11 | ) |  | (45 | ) |  | 55 |
Tax effect | 3 |  |  | 17 |  |  | (21 | )
| (8 | ) |  | (28 | ) |  | 34 |
Cash flow hedges and other |  |  |  |  |
Recognition of effective portion of hedges | (76 | ) |  | 44 |  |  | 66 |
Amortization included in net income | 18 |  |  | (20 | ) |  | (53 | )
Currency and other | (2 | ) |  | (4 | ) |  | (7 | )
Tax effect | 15 |  |  | (5 | ) |  | (1 | )
| (45 | ) |  | 15 |  |  | 5 |
Other | — |  |  | — |  |  | (11 | )
Change in AOCI | $ | 555 |  |  | $ | (196 | ) |  | $ | 34 |

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