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Segment Information - Schedule of Segment Information (Details) $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) segment	Mar. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Number of product segments (in segments) | segment	2
Number of operating segments (in segments) | segment	5
Number of reportable segments (in segments) | segment	5
Non-service related postretirement costs	$ 24	$ 27	[1]
Total Net sales	4,002	3,762
Total Operating profit	$ 983	912	[1]
Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percentage of consolidated Net sales represented by sales outside US	75.00%
Percentage of consolidated Net sales coming from emerging markets	50.00%
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Total Net sales	$ 3,418	3,208
Total Operating profit	968	925
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care | North America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		14
Total Net sales	827	760
Total Operating profit	257	247
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care | Latin America
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		2
Total Net sales	929	924
Total Operating profit	273	271
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care | Europe
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		2
Total Net sales	648	558
Total Operating profit	162	142
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care | Asia Pacific
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		0
Total Net sales	759	720
Total Operating profit	226	219
Operating Segments | Oral, Personal and Home Care | Africa/Eurasia
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		1
Total Net sales	255	246
Total Operating profit	50	46
Operating Segments | Pet Nutrition
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		6
Total Net sales	584	554
Total Operating profit	164	163
Corporate
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Non-service related postretirement costs		2
Total Operating profit	$ (149)	$ (176)
Product Concentration Risk | Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percent of net sales	100.00%	100.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Oral Care | Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percent of net sales	49.00%	49.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Personal Care | Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percent of net sales	19.00%	18.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Home Care | Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percent of net sales	17.00%	18.00%
Product Concentration Risk | Pet Nutrition | Sales Revenue, Net
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]
Percent of net sales	15.00%	15.00%
[1] Prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation as a result of the adoption of Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2017-07, “Compensation-Retirement Benefits (Topic 715): Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost.” For further information regarding the impact of the reclassification, see Note 1, Basis of Presentation, Note 3, Recent Accounting Pronouncements and Updated Accounting Policies and Note 13, Segment Information to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

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