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Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	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	$ 7us-gaap_TaxAdjustmentsSettlementsAndUnusualProvisions
Effective tax rate	26.60%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	(22.00%)us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations	20.10%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations
Total favorable discrete items	25mdlz_EffectiveTaxRateNetTaxBenefits	52mdlz_EffectiveTaxRateNetTaxBenefits
Net unfavorable tax charge related to the sale of joint venture	32mdlz_TaxExpenseDisposalGroupHeldForSale
Net favorable tax audit settlements and expirations of statutes of limitations		$ 51mdlz_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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Effective Tax Rate Net Tax Benefits

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Estimated Annual Effective Tax Rate From Continuing Operations

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Income tax reconciliation, tax settlements and expiration of statute of limitations.

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Amount of income tax expense incurred in the period attributable to disposal group held for sale.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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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.

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