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Capital and Funding - Summary of Share Capital (Detail)
€ in Millions, £ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2020
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2020
GBP (£)
Dec. 31, 2019
EUR (€)
Dec. 31, 2019
GBP (£)
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid € 92   € 420  
Unilever PLC [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid € 92 [1] £ 81.8 187 [1] £ 36.4
Unilever PLC [member] | Ordinary Shares [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid | £   36.4   37.0
Unilever PLC [member] | Deferred Stock [Member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid | £       0.1
Unilever PLC [member] | Internal Holdings Eliminated on Consolidation [Member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid | £       (0.1)
Unilever PLC [member] | Shares Issued to NV Shareholders [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid | £ [2]   £ 45.4    
Unilever PLC [member] | Cancellation of Treasury shares [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid | £ [3]       £ (0.6)
Unilever N.V. [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid [2]     233  
Authorised     481  
Unilever N.V. [member] | Ordinary Shares [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid     274  
Authorised     480  
Unilever N.V. [member] | Ordinary Special Shares [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid     1  
Authorised     1  
Unilever N.V. [member] | Internal Holdings Eliminated on Consolidation [Member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid     (1)  
Unilever N.V. [member] | Cancellation of Treasury shares [member]        
Disclosure of classes of share capital [line items]        
Issued, called up and fully paid [3]     € (41)  
[1] Prior to Unification, a conversion rate of £1 = €5.143 was used in accordance with the Equalisation Agreement, which ceased to exist as a result of Unification. The ordinary share capital of PLC is now translated using the conversion rate at 29 November 2020 of £1 = € 1.121. The difference between the conversion rates was released through Other Reserves as presented in the “Other effects of Unification” line in the Statement of Changes in Equity.
[2] As a result of Unification, the shareholders of NV were issued 1,460,713,122 PLC ordinary shares, and all NV shares in issue were cancelled.
[3] At 31 December 2019, 254,012,896 of NV ordinary shares and 18,660,634 of PLC ordinary shares that were repurchased as part of the share buyback programme in 2018 and prior years were cancelled.