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Condensed financial information of registrant Prudential plc - Notes (Details) | 1 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares | Nov. 30, 2024 USD ($) shares | Oct. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares | Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($) shares | Aug. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares | Jul. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares | Jun. 30, 2024 USD ($) shares | Jan. 31, 2024 USD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) Program shares | Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) | Jun. 23, 2024 USD ($)
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit (loss) for the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,285,000,000 | $ 1,701,000,000 | $ (1,007,000,000) |
Shareholders' equity | $ 17,492,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 17,492,000,000 | 17,823,000,000 |  |
Number of shares purchased | shares | 10,743,844 | 18,244,807 | 20,480,882 | 23,590,670 | 7,992,467 | 11,940,672 | 2,726,787 | 3,851,376 | 99,571,505 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs | $ 97,782,966 | $ 161,759,189 | $ 162,436,763 | $ 193,828,164 | $ 78,392,153 | $ 95,525,099 | $ 25,508,735 | $ 40,548,716 | $ 855,781,785 |  |  |
Costs associated with buyback and obligation under non-cancellable period of arrangement with bank conducting buyback |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 22,000,000 |  |  |
Share repurchases to neutralise share scheme issuances |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of share buyback programmes | Program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.6 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 48,000,000 |  |  |
Share repurchases to neutralise share impact of scrip dividend |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,800,000 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 23,000,000 |  |  |
Share buyback programme to return capital to shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share repurchase program, authorized, amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000,000
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 92,100,000 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 785,000,000 |  |  |
Accounting difference |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit (loss) for the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 | (65,000,000) | 108,000,000 |
Shareholders' equity | 11,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,000,000 |  |  |
Share in IFRS amount of the Group |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Profit (loss) for the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,488,000,000 | 241,000,000 | (1,570,000,000) |
Shareholders' equity | 1,521,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1,521,000,000 | 1,239,000,000 |  |
Prudential plc |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Dividends received by parent company from consolidated subsidiary undertakings |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 710,000,000 | 1,277,000,000 | 708,000,000 |
Profit (loss) for the year |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 786,000,000 | 1,525,000,000 | $ 455,000,000 |
Shareholders' equity | $ 15,960,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 15,960,000,000 | $ 16,584,000,000 |  |
Prudential plc | Share repurchases to neutralise share scheme issuances |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of share buyback programmes | Program |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |  |  |
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,600,000 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 48,000,000 |  |  |
Prudential plc | Share repurchases to neutralise share impact of scrip dividend |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2,800,000 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 23,000,000 |  |  |
Prudential plc | Share buyback programme to return capital to shareholders |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Additional information |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Share repurchase program, authorized, amount |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000,000
Number of shares purchased | shares |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 92,100,000 |  |  |
Cash paid on repurchases and buybacks, excluding costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 785,000,000 |  |  |
Costs associated with buyback and obligation under non-cancellable period of arrangement with bank conducting buyback |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 22,000,000 |  |  |

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