Leases (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Mar. 18, 2020
Operating Lease, Cost		$ 133	$ 145	$ 137
Finance Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Amortization		7	5	5
Finance Lease, Interest Expense		3	4	3
Finance Lease Cost		10	9	8
Sublease Income		(55)	(59)	(60)
Operating Lease, Payments		137	140	133
Finance Lease, Interest Payment on Liability		3	4	3
Finance Lease, Principal Payments		5	4	5
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Operating Lease Liability		93	119	296
Right-of-Use Asset Obtained in Exchange for Finance Lease Liability		10	5	4
Operating lease liabilities transferred through refranchising		(14)	(25)	(3)
Capital lease and other debt obligations transferred through refranchising		0	(2)	$ (1)
Lease Right of Use Asset	[1]	$ 775	$ 846
Operating Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible List]		Accounts payable and other current liabilities	Accounts payable and other current liabilities
Finance Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Debt, Current	Debt, Current
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent		Other Liabilities, Noncurrent	Other Liabilities, Noncurrent
Finance Lease, Liability, Noncurrent, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Long-term debt	Long-term debt
Total Lease Liability	[1]	$ 867	$ 945
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term		10 years 9 months 18 days	10 years 10 months 24 days
Finance Lease, Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term		11 years 7 months 6 days	12 years 1 month 6 days
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent		5.10%	4.90%
Finance Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent		5.80%	5.80%
Finance Lease, Liability		$ 57
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable		831
Finance Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount		(13)
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount		(251)
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Undiscounted Excess Amount		(13)
Capital Leases, Net Investment in Direct Financing Leases, Minimum Payments to be Received		20
YUM_LesseeOperatingLeaseLeaseNotYetCommencedAssumptionAndJudgmentValueOfUnderlyingLiabilityAmount		$ 125
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract		20 years
Capital leases, future minimum commitments [Abstract]
2022		$ 10
2023		9
2024		7
2025		6
2026		6
Thereafter		32
Capital leases, total future minimum commitments		70
Operating leases, future minimum commitments [Abstract]
2022		116
2023		119
2024		109
2025		101
2026		92
Thereafter		524
Operating leases, total future minimum commitments		1,061
Direct Financing Lease, Lease Receivable		3
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Lease Payments to be Received, Rolling Year Two		3
Sales-Type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, to be Received, Year Three		3
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Four Years		3
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Payments to be Received, Five Years		2
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Lease Payments to be Received, after Rolling Year Five		19
Sales-type and Direct Financing Leases, Lease Receivable, Lease Payments to be Received, after Rolling Year Five		33
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Next Twelve Months		79
Operating Leases, Future Minimum Payments Receivable, in Two Years		74
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Three Years		71
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Four Years		67
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Five Years		61
Lessor, Operating Lease, Payments to be Received, Thereafter		$ 479
Lease Agreements [Member]
Business Combination, Recognized Identifiable Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed, Noncurrent Assets					$ 196
Other Liabilities [Member]
Operating Lease, Liability		Other Liabilities
Other Assets [Member]
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other assets	Other assets
Property, Plant and Equipment [Member]
Finance Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other assets	Other assets
KFC Russia
Finance Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other assets
United States
Operating Lease, Liability		$ 575	$ 577
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset		$ 515	$ 516
KFC Russia
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Other assets
Finance Lease, Liability, Current, Statement of Financial Position [Extensible Enumeration]		Debt, Current
Operating Lease, Liability		Accounts Payable and Other Accrued Liabilities, Current

[1] (a)    U.S. operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities totaled $515 million and $575 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2022, and $516 million and $577 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021. These amounts primarily related to Taco Bell U.S. and the Habit Burger Grill including leases related to Company-operated restaurants, leases related to franchise-operated restaurants we sublease and the Taco Bell and Habit Burger Grill restaurant support center.
At December 31, 2022, KFC Russia operating and finance lease right-of-use assets of $25 million and $3 million, respectively, have been classified as held for sale and are included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets in our Consolidated Balance Sheet (see Note 3). The associated KFC Russia operating and finance lease liabilities of $25 million and $3 million, respectively, have also been classified as held for sale and are included in Accounts payable and other current liabilities in our Consolidated Balance Sheet. Such amounts are not reflected in the Supplemental Balance Sheet Information above.