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Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS") (Details) - USD ($)
$ / shares in Units, shares in Millions, $ in Millions
 3 Months Ended 4 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 05, 2015
Jun. 13, 2015
Mar. 21, 2015
Sep. 06, 2014
Jun. 14, 2014
Mar. 22, 2014
Dec. 26, 2015
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 26, 2015
Dec. 27, 2014
Dec. 28, 2013
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]                      
Net Income (loss) - YUM! Brands, Inc. $ 421 $ 235 $ 362 $ 404 $ 334 $ 399 $ 275 $ (86) $ 1,293 $ 1,051 $ 1,091
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation) (in shares)                 436.0 444.0 452.0
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation (in shares)                 7.0 9.0 9.0
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation) (in shares)                 443.0 453.0 461.0
Basic EPS (in dollars per share) $ 0.97 $ 0.54 $ 0.83 $ 0.91 $ 0.75 $ 0.89 $ 0.64 $ (0.20) $ 2.97 $ 2.37 $ 2.41
Diluted EPS (in dollars per share) $ 0.95 $ 0.53 $ 0.81 $ 0.89 $ 0.73 $ 0.87 $ 0.63 $ (0.20) $ 2.92 $ 2.32 $ 2.36
Unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation (in shares) [1]                 4.5 5.5 4.9
[1] These unexercised employee stock options and stock appreciation rights were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the periods presented.