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Stockholders' Equity Components of Stockholders' Equity (Details) - USD ($)
$ in Millions
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Dec. 31, 2017
Dec. 31, 2016
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Unrealized translation $ (428) $ 517 $ (107)
Change in AOCI (380) 555 (196)
Defined Benefit Pension Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Defined benefit and Other postretirement benefit plans, tax effect [1] (165) (32) 28
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax (41) 121 (84)
Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Defined benefit and Other postretirement benefit plans, tax effect [1] (28) 3 17
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Defined Benefit Plan, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, after Tax 51 (8) (28)
Kimberly-Clark Corporation      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Unrealized translation, before tax (408) 398 (88)
Unrealized translation, tax effect [1] (25) 89 (11)
Unrealized translation (433) 487 (99)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount | Defined Benefit Pension Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Funded status recognition (57) 159 (230)
Amortization 47 56 52
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Settlement and Curtailment Gain (Loss), before Tax 134 7 1
Currency and other 29 (66) 80
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Pension Plans, before Tax 153 156 (97)
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount and other 79 (11) (45)
Unrecognized prior service cost/credit | Defined Benefit Pension Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Defined Benefit Plan, Settlement and Curtailment Gain (Loss), before Tax 2 0 0
Amortization (8) (8) (8)
Currency and other (1) 3 (6)
Other Comprehensive (Income) Loss, Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Pension Plans, before Tax (29) (3) (15)
Funded status recognition 22 (2) 1
Cash Flow Hedges and Other      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Currency and other (2) (2) (4)
Recognition of effective portion of hedges 56 (76) 44
Amortization 12 18 (20)
Cash flow hedges and other, tax effect [1] (23) 15 (5)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Derivatives Qualifying as Hedges, Net of Tax 43 $ (45) $ 15
Stranded tax effects reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings | Defined Benefit Pension Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Defined benefit and Other postretirement benefit plans, tax effect 125    
Stranded tax effects reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings | Other Postretirement Benefit Plans      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Defined benefit and Other postretirement benefit plans, tax effect 5    
Stranded tax effects reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings | Kimberly-Clark Corporation      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Unrealized translation, tax effect 18    
Stranded tax effects reclassified from AOCI to Retained Earnings | Cash Flow Hedges and Other      
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)      
Cash flow hedges and other, tax effect $ 8    
[1] The Tax effect for Unrealized translation, Defined benefit pension plans, Other postretirement benefit plans and Cash flow hedges and other includes reductions of $18, $125, $5 and $8, respectively, for stranded tax effects reclassified from AOCI to Retained earnings in 2018.