Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Millions	Total		Common Stock	Retained Earnings	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)	Total Permanent Equity	Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 [Member]	Shareholders' Equity [Member] (Deprecated 2019-01-31) Difference between Revenue Guidance in Effect before and after Topic 606 [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016			$ 0	$ (5,157)	$ (458)	$ (5,615)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016			355,000
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)	(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)			4,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 58			58
Balance at Dec. 31, 2017			$ 0	(6,063)	(271)	(6,334)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2017			332,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	$ (8)
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI, Tax	0
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)	(28,243)	[2]	(28,000)
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (includes tax impact)			$ 41			41
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (in shares)			2,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 79			79
Balance at Dec. 31, 2018	$ (7,926)		$ 0	(7,592)	(334)	(7,926)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2018			306,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	6
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (tax impact)	(13)
Employee Stock Option And SARs Exercises Value, Tax	0
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							231	$ (249)
Net Income (loss) - YUM! Brands, Inc.	1,294			1,294
Net Income (loss) - including noncontrolling interest						1,294
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature (net of tax impact)					24
Translation adjustments and gains (losses) from intra-entity transactions of a long-term investment nature - including noncontrolling interest (net of tax impact)						24
Reclassifications of adjustments and (gains) losses into Net Income	0
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (net of tax impact)	(22)				(22)	(22)
Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments (net of tax impact)					(56)	(56)
Comprehensive income - including noncontrolling interests						1,240
Dividends declared				(514)		(514)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock	$ (810)	[2]	$ (14)	(796)		(810)
Repurchase of shares of Common Stock (in shares)	(7,788)	[2]	(8,000)
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (includes tax impact)			$ 57	(18)		75
Employee stock option and SARs exercises (in shares)			2,000
Compensation-related events (includes tax impact)			$ 71			71
Balance at Dec. 31, 2019	$ (8,016)		$ 0	$ (7,628)	$ (388)	$ (8,016)
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2019			300,000
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment, Tax	(4)
Pension and post-retirement benefit plans (tax impact)	7
Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Reclassification Adjustment from AOCI on Derivatives, Tax	20
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)	$ 7,628						$ (2)

[1] 2017 amount excludes 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] 2019 amount excludes and 2018 amount 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.