Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	USD ($) shares		Common Stock USD ($) shares	Retained Earnings USD ($)	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) USD ($)	Noncontrolling Interest USD ($)	Total Permanent Equity USD ($)	Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest USD ($)	Discontinued Operations [Member] Retained Earnings USD ($)	Discontinued Operations [Member] Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) USD ($)	Discontinued Operations [Member] Noncontrolling Interest USD ($)	Discontinued Operations [Member] Total Permanent Equity USD ($)	Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 [Member] USD ($)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015			$ 0	$ 1,187	$ (252)	$ 58	$ 993	$ 6
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015 | shares			420,000
Net Income (loss) - YUM! Brands, Inc.	$ 1,643			1,643
Net Income (loss) - noncontrolling interests						18
Net Income (loss) - including noncontrolling interest							1,661	(7)
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature (net of tax impact)					(153)
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature - noncontrolling interest (net of tax impact)						(3)
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature - including noncontrolling interest (net of tax impact)							(156)	1
Reclassifications of adjustments and (gains) losses into Net Income	(11)				(11)		(11)
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (net of tax impact)	(14)				(14)		(14)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax impact)					19		19
Comprehensive income - including noncontrolling interests							1,499	(6)
Dividends declared				(661)		(6)	(667)
Separation of China business									(1,927)	(47)	(67)	(2,041)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock	$ (5,447)	[1]	$ (49)	(5,399)			(5,448)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock (in shares) | shares	(67,963)	[1]	(68,000)
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (includes tax impact)			$ 4				4
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (in shares) | shares			3,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 53				53
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016			$ 0	(5,157)	(458)	0	(5,615)	0
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016 | shares			355,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	$ 21
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Tax	0
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (tax impact)	4
Employee Stock Option And SARs Exercises Value, Tax	(85)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI on Derivatives, Tax	(16)
Net Income (loss) - YUM! Brands, Inc.	1,340			1,340
Net Income (loss) - including noncontrolling interest							1,340
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature (net of tax impact)					107
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature - including noncontrolling interest (net of tax impact)							107
Reclassifications of adjustments and (gains) losses into Net Income	55				55		55
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (net of tax impact)	21				21		21
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax impact)					4		4
Comprehensive income - including noncontrolling interests							1,527
Dividends declared				(311)			(311)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock	$ (1,915)	[1]	$ 0	(1,915)			(1,915)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock (in shares) | shares	(26,561)	[1]	(27,000)
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (includes tax impact)			$ 58	(20)			78
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (in shares) | shares			4,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 58				58
Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	$ (6,334)		$ 0	(6,063)	(271)	0	(6,334)	0
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017 | shares			332,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	(8)
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (tax impact)	(14)
Employee Stock Option And SARs Exercises Value, Tax	0
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI on Derivatives, Tax	(2)
Net Income (loss) - YUM! Brands, Inc.	1,542			1,542									$ 11
Net Income (loss) - including noncontrolling interest							1,542
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature (net of tax impact)					(88)
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature - including noncontrolling interest (net of tax impact)							(88)
Reclassifications of adjustments and (gains) losses into Net Income	(4)				(4)		(4)
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (net of tax impact)	41				41		41
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax impact)					(14)		(14)
Comprehensive income - including noncontrolling interests							1,477
Dividends declared				(464)			(464)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock	$ (2,394)	[2]	$ (38)	(2,356)			(2,394)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock (in shares) | shares	(28,243)	[2]	(28,000)
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (includes tax impact)			$ 41				41
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (in shares) | shares			2,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 79				79
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ (7,926)		$ 0	$ (7,592)	$ (334)	$ 0	$ (7,926)	$ 0
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018 | shares			306,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	0
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (tax impact)	(13)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI on Derivatives, Tax	6
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in Accounting Principle, Effect of Adoption, Quantification	2
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	7,592												(251)
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent	$ (7,926)												$ 231

[1] 2017 amount excludes and 2016 amount includes the effect of $45 million in share repurchases (0.7 million shares) with trade dates prior to December 31, 2016 but settlement dates subsequent to December 31, 2016.

[2] Includes the effect of $5 million in share repurchases (0.1 million shares) with trade dates on, or prior to, December 31, 2018 but settlement dates subsequent to December 31, 2018.