Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 31, 2022

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Tax [Abstract]

Composition of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

The following table provides the changes in the composition of total accumulated other comprehensive loss for fiscal 2022, 2021 and 2020:

(Amounts in millions and net of immaterial income taxes)	Currency Translation and Other		Net Investment Hedges		Cash Flow Hedges		Minimum Pension Liability		Total
Balances as of February 1, 2019	$	(12,085)	$	1,395	$	(140)	$	(712)	$	(11,542)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net(1)	281		122		(399)		(1,283)		(1,279)
Reclassifications to income, net	(23)		—		—		39		16
Balances as of January 31, 2020	(11,827)		1,517		(539)		(1,956)		(12,805)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications, net	214		(221)		186		(172)		7
Reclassifications to income, net(2)	841		—		49		142		1,032
Balances as of January 31, 2021	(10,772)		1,296		(304)		(1,986)		(11,766)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications, net	(586)		(7)		(540)		—		(1,133)
Reclassifications related to business dispositions, net(3)	3,258		(1,195)		30		1,966		4,059
Reclassifications to income, net	—		—		66		8		74
Balances as of January 31, 2022	$	(8,100)	$	94	$	(748)	$	(12)	$	(8,766)

(1) Primarily includes the remeasurement of Asda Group Limited's ("Asda") pension benefit obligation subsequent to the cash contribution made by Asda in fiscal 2020. Refer to Note 11.

(2) Includes a cumulative foreign currency translation loss of $0.8 billion, for which there was no related income taxes, upon sale of the majority stake in Walmart Argentina. Refer to Note 12.

(3) Upon closing of the sale of the Company's operations in the U.K. and Japan during the first quarter of fiscal 2022, these amounts were released from accumulated other comprehensive loss, the majority of which was considered in the impairment evaluation when the individual disposal groups met the held for sale classification in fiscal 2021.