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Divestitures and Acquisition - Additional Information (Detail)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 36 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 3 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Sep. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Jun. 30, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
Scenario, Forecast
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
Scenario, Forecast
EUR (€)
Feb. 22, 2013
Morocco
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Morocco
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Morocco
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Morocco
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Europe
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
U.K.
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
India
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Turkey
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Russia
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Vietnam
USD ($)
Nov. 10, 2014
Vietnam
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
Vietnam
Scenario, Forecast
VND
Dec. 31, 2015
Vietnam
Scenario, Forecast
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2015
Vietnam
Scenario, Forecast
VND
Dec. 31, 2012
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Additional Paid-in Capital
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Retained Earnings
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Selling, general and administrative expenses
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Selling, general and administrative expenses
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Selling, general and administrative expenses
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Europe
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Selling, general and administrative expenses
India
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Turkey
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Russia
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Interest and other expense
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Foreign Exchange Forward
USD ($)
Dec. 13, 2013
Starbucks Arbitration
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Starbucks Arbitration
USD ($)
Dec. 13, 2013
Starbucks Arbitration
Dec. 31, 2015
Maximum
Vietnam
Scenario, Forecast
VND
Dec. 31, 2015
Maximum
Vietnam
Scenario, Forecast
USD ($)
Feb. 11, 2015
Subsequent Event
Foreign Exchange Forward
USD ($)
Feb. 11, 2015
Subsequent Event
Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments
Foreign Exchange Forward
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2012
Europe Segment
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Europe And EEMEA segments
Selling, general and administrative expenses
USD ($)
Mar. 31, 2013
Kraft Foods Group
USD ($)
Nov. 30, 2012
Kraft Foods Group
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Kraft Foods Group
USD ($)
Oct. 01, 2012
Kraft Foods Group
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Kraft Foods Group
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Kraft Foods Group
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Kraft Foods Group
Additional Paid-in Capital
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2014
Kraft Foods Group
Retained Earnings
USD ($)
Dec. 31, 2013
Kraft Foods Group
Starbucks Arbitration
USD ($)
Acquisition And Dispositions [Line Items]                                                                                                          
Expected cash receipts from planned coffee business transactions                 $ 5,000,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinesses
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Unrealized gain / (loss) on planned coffee business transactions currency hedge 215,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives 420,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives (7,000,000)us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives   628,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives                                                           628,000,000us-gaap_UnrealizedGainLossOnDerivatives
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Expenses related to readying businesses for planned transactions                                                                                       77,000,000mdlz_CostsRelatedToDivestiture
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Realized gain on planned coffee business transactions currency hedge                                                                                 311,000,000us-gaap_DerivativeGainLossOnDerivativeNet
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Corporate overheads, information systems and sales force support costs                                                                                               150,000,000mdlz_DiscontinuedOperationCorporateCostAllocationsRetainedInContinuingOperations
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Net assets divested in the Spin-Off             (4,358,000,000)us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteSpinoffTransaction                                   4,308,000,000us-gaap_StockholdersEquityNoteSpinoffTransaction
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Net assets divested in the Spin-Off, net of cash                                                                                                 4,111,000,000mdlz_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationAssetsLiabilitiesNetNetOfCash
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Payment for targeted cash flows in connection with the Spin-Off                                                                                           163,000,000mdlz_TargetedCashFlowSettlement
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Cash divested                                                                                               247,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationCashAndCashEquivalents
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Cash transferred to Kraft Foods Group in connection with the Spin-Off                                                                                           410,000,000mdlz_NetCashDistributedInConnectionWithSpinOffOfDiscontinuedBusinesses
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Workers' compensation Liabilities                                                                                           140,000,000us-gaap_WorkersCompensationLiabilityCurrentAndNoncurrent
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= mdlz_KraftFoodsGroupMember		              
Settlement of net trade payables and receivables                                                                                           95,000,000mdlz_TradeReceivableAndPayableSettlement
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Cash received from Kraft Foods Group related to the Spin-Off                                                                                         55,000,000mdlz_CashReceivedRelatedToSpinoff
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Spin-Off costs         35,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts 62,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts 1,053,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts 1,200,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts                                       35,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts
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= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember		 62,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts
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= us-gaap_SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpensesMember		 444,000,000mdlz_SpinOffCosts
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Total cash compensation                                                                       2,764,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementAmount
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Fair market value of agreement                                                                           135.00%mdlz_LitigationSettlementDamagesPercentageOfFairMarketValue
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Prejudgement interest                                                                         521,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementInterest
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Attorney's fees                                                                                                         15,000,000us-gaap_LitigationSettlementExpense
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, before tax                                                                         2,500,000,000us-gaap_DiscontinuedOperationIncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationBeforeIncomeTax
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Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax       1,603,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax   1,603,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax 1,488,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax                                                           1,600,000,000us-gaap_IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTax
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Cash paid for acquisition                     155,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Escrow deposit upon signing the purchase agreement                                         46,000,000us-gaap_EscrowDeposit
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Acquisition-related costs         2,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 2,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts 1,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts         7,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationAcquisitionRelatedCosts
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Acquisition, net of cash received         7,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired 119,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired         119,000,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesNetOfCashAcquired
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Cash acquired                     36,000,000us-gaap_CashAcquiredFromAcquisition
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Pre-tax gain on acquisition                       22,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationStepAcquisitionEquityInterestInAcquireeRemeasurementGain
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Identifiable intangible assets acquired in business acquisition           48,000,000mdlz_AcquisitionsOfIntangibleAssets               48,000,000mdlz_AcquisitionsOfIntangibleAssets
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Business acquisition, liabilities assumed and goodwill           209,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod               209,000,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Restructuring and related cost, expected cost                         4,000,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationIntegrationRelatedCosts
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Proceeds from sale of operations           60,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested 200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested                                                                       200,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromDivestitureOfBusinessesNetOfCashDivested
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(Gains) / losses on divestitures, net           8,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal                                                                         107,000,000us-gaap_DisposalGroupNotDiscontinuedOperationGainLossOnDisposal
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Gain on sale of property                                                             29,000,000us-gaap_GainLossOnSaleOfPropertyPlantEquipment
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Proceeds from sale of property                             37,000,000us-gaap_ProceedsFromSaleOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
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Receivable related to property sale                               $ 43,000,000us-gaap_OtherReceivables
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