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Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Right of use assets Disclosure and Lease liabilities [abstract] |
Disclosure of Right-of-use assets roll forward |
(USD millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Right-of-use assets at January 1 |  | 1 677 |  | 1 554 |
Impact of acquisitions of businesses |  | 32 |  |  |
Additions |  | 346 |  | 537 |
Depreciation charge |  | – 330 |  | – 305 |
Lease contract terminations 1 |  | – 63 |  | – 98 |
Impact of divestments |  | – 32 |  | – 17 |
Currency translation effects |  | 46 |  | 6 |
Total right-of-use assets at December 31 2 |  | 1 676 |  | 1 677 |
1 Lease contract terminations also includes modifications to existing leases that result in reductions to the right-of-use assets, and reductions due to sub-leasing.
2 No impairment charge was recorded in 2020 (2019: nil).
Disclosure of right-of-use assets carrying value and depreciation charge |
(USD millions) |  | December 31, 2020 carrying value |  | Depreciation charge 2020 |  | December 31, 2019 carrying value |  | Depreciation charge 2019 |
Land |  | 528 |  | 11 |  | 537 |  | 14 |
Buildings |  | 963 |  | 207 |  | 990 |  | 194 |
Vehicles |  | 155 |  | 100 |  | 129 |  | 87 |
Machinery and equipment, and other assets |  | 30 |  | 12 |  | 21 |  | 10 |
Total right-of-use assets |  | 1 676 |  | 330 |  | 1 677 |  | 305 |
Disclosure of maturity analysis of lease liability |
(USD millions) |  | Lease liabilities 2020 |  | Lease liabilities undiscounted 2020 |  | Lease liabilities 2019 |  | Lease liabilities undiscounted 2019 |
Less than one year |  | 286 |  | 338 |  | 246 |  | 295 |
Between one and two years |  | 229 |  | 274 |  | 202 |  | 246 |
Between two and three years |  | 186 |  | 226 |  | 163 |  | 202 |
Between three and four years |  | 148 |  | 183 |  | 138 |  | 173 |
Between four and five years |  | 129 |  | 160 |  | 119 |  | 150 |
After five years |  | 1 027 |  | 2 326 |  | 1 081 |  | 2 419 |
Total lease liabilities |  | 2 005 |  | 3 507 |  | 1 949 |  | 3 485 |
Less current portion of lease liabilities |  | – 286 |  | – 338 |  | – 246 |  | – 295 |
Non-current portion of lease liabilities |  | 1 719 |  | 3 169 |  | 1 703 |  | 3 190 |
Additional disclosures related to right-of-use assets and lease liabilities [table text block] |
(USD millions) |  | 2020 |  | 2019 |
Interest expense on lease liabilities 1 |  | 67 |  | 66 |
Expense on short-term leases |  | 4 |  | 7 |
Expense on low-value leases |  | 7 |  | 8 |
Total cash outflows for leases |  | 379 |  | 339 |
Thereof: |  |  |  |  |
Cash outflows for short-term leases and low-value leases 2 |  | 11 |  | 15 |
Payments of interest 3 |  | 56 |  | 51 |
Payments of lease liabilities 4 |  | 312 |  | 273 |
1 The weighted average interest rate is 3.4% (2019: 3.9%).
2 Cash flows from short-term and low-value leases are included within total net cash flows from operating activities. The portfolio of short-term leases to which the Group is committed to at December 31, 2020 and 2019, is similar to the portfolio of short-term leases the Group entered into during 2020 and 2019.
3 Included within total net cash flows from operating activities.
4 Reported as cash outflows used in financing activities net of lease incentives received of USD nil (2019: USD 33 million).

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