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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2015 | Mar. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2014 | Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Impact on provision for income tax, out-of-period adjustments | $ 7 us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions |  |  |
Effective tax rate | 26.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | (22.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations | 20.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations |
Total favorable discrete items | 25 mdlz_EffectiveTaxRateNetTaxBenefits | 52 mdlz_EffectiveTaxRateNetTaxBenefits |  |
Net unfavorable tax charge related to the sale of joint venture | 32 mdlz_TaxExpenseDisposalGroupHeldForSale |  |  |
Net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations |  | $ 51 mdlz_IncomeTaxReconciliationTaxSettlementsAndExpirationOfStatuteOfLimitations |  |
Scenario, Forecast |  |  |  |
Income Tax Contingency [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Estimated effective tax rate |  |  |  | 20.50%mdlz_EstimatedAnnualEffectiveTaxRateFromContinuingOperations / us-gaap_StatementScenarioAxis = us-gaap_ScenarioForecastMember

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- Definition Amount of increase (decrease) to previously recorded tax expense. Includes, but is not limited to, significant settlements of income tax disputes, and unusual tax positions or infrequent actions taken by the entity, including tax assessment reversal, and IRS tax settlement. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 8 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=29652012&loc=d3e28446-109314 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 25 -Paragraph 10 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=29652012&loc=d3e28511-109314 + Details
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