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Capital and Funding - Summary of Analysis of Bonds and Other Loans (Detail) - EUR (€)
€ in Millions
Dec. 31, 2020
Dec. 31, 2019
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Total bonds and other loans [1] € 24,585 € 25,032
Unilever PLC [member] | Bonds and Other Loans [Member]    
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Borrowings 2,133 2,216
Unilever PLC [member] | Euro [Member] | 1.500% Notes 2039 [member]    
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Borrowings 646 646
Unilever PLC [member] | United Kingdom, Pounds [Member] | 1.875% Notes 2029 [member]    
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Borrowings 274 290
Unilever PLC [member] | United Kingdom, Pounds [Member] | 1.125% Notes 2022 [member]    
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Borrowings 387 408
Unilever PLC [member] | United Kingdom, Pounds [Member] | 1.375% Notes 2024 [member]    
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Borrowings 276 292
Unilever PLC [member] | United Kingdom, Pounds [Member] | 1.500% Notes 2026 [member]    
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Borrowings 550 580
Other Group Companies [member]    
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Borrowings 22,452 22,816
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.625% Notes 2033 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 793 792
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.750% Bonds 2020 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2]   750
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.500% Notes 2022 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2] 749 747
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.375% Notes 2029 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 744 743
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.125% Bonds 2027 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 697 697
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.125% Bonds 2028 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2] 695 694
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.875% Notes 2025 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 648 647
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.500% Bonds 2025 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 645 644
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.000% Notes 2027 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 598 598
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.000% Notes 2023 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 498 498
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.000% Notes 2021 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 499 498
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.500% Notes 2024 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2] 496 495
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.500% Notes 2023 [Member]    
Disclosure of detailed information about borrowings [line items]    
Borrowings [2] 498 498
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.000% Notes 2020 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2]   300
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.375% Notes 2030 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 643 642
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 0.375% Notes 2023 [member]    
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Borrowings [2] 599 599
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.250% Notes 2025 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2] 999  
Other Group Companies [member] | Netherlands [Member] | 1.750% Notes 2030 [Member]    
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Borrowings [2] 994  
Other Group Companies [member] | Switzerland [Member] | Other Loans [Member]    
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Borrowings 16 24
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | Commercial Paper [Member]    
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Borrowings 1,848 1,276
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 4.250% Notes 2021 [Member]    
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Borrowings 812 892
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 5.900% Bonds 2032 [Member]    
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Borrowings 809 883
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.900% Notes 2027 [member]    
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Borrowings 803 879
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.200% Notes 2022 [member]    
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Borrowings 689 755
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 1.800% Notes 2020 [member]    
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Borrowings   714
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.500% Notes 2028 [member]    
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Borrowings 641 703
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.000% Notes 2026 [Member]    
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Borrowings 563 616
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 1.375% Notes 2021 [Member]    
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Borrowings [3]   489
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.125% Notes 2023 [member]    
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Borrowings 445 488
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.100% Notes 2020 [Member]    
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Borrowings   446
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.000% Notes 2022 [member]    
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Borrowings 406 444
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.250% Notes 2024 [member]    
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Borrowings 404 443
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.100% Notes 2025 [Member]    
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Borrowings 403 442
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.600% Notes 2024 [member]    
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Borrowings 404 442
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.500% Bonds 2028 [member]    
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Borrowings 402 441
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.750% Bonds 2021 [member]    
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Borrowings 324 356
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 3.375% Notes 2025 [member]    
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Borrowings 283 309
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 7.250% Bonds 2026 [Member]    
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Borrowings 238 260
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 6.625% Bonds 2028 [Member]    
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Borrowings 189 206
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 5.150% Notes 2020 [Member]    
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Borrowings   135
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 5.600% Bonds 2097 [Member]    
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Borrowings 74 82
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.125% Notes 2029 [member]    
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Borrowings 683 749
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 2.600% Notes 2024 [member]    
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Borrowings 415 457
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 1.375% Notes 2030 [member]    
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Borrowings 395  
Other Group Companies [member] | United States [member] | United States of America, Dollars [Member] | 0.375% Notes 2023 [member]    
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Borrowings 405  
Other Group Companies [member] | Other Countries [Member]    
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Borrowings € 6 € 43
[1] For the purposes of this note and note 17A, financial assets and liabilities exclude trade and other current receivables and trade payables and other liabilities which are covered in notes 13 and 14 respectively.
[2] As part of Unification, these bonds which were previously issued by Unilever N.V. were transferred to Unilever Finance Netherlands B.V. with effect from 26 November 2020.
[3] Bond repaid (Make-Whole) on 9 October 2020.