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Events After The Balance Sheet Date - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 12 Months Ended
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Jan. 31, 2019 € / shares | Jan. 31, 2019 £ / shares | Dec. 31, 2018 € / shares | Dec. 31, 2017 € / shares
Unilever N.V. [member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Non-adjusting Events after Reporting Period [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividend payables per share |  |  | € 1.52 | € 1.40
Major Ordinary Share Transactions [member] | Unilever N.V. [member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Non-adjusting Events after Reporting Period [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividend payables per share | € 0.3872 |  |  |
Major Ordinary Share Transactions [member] | Unilever PLC [member] |  |  |  |
Disclosure of Non-adjusting Events after Reporting Period [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Dividend payables per share | £ / shares |  | £ 0.3361 |  |

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