Consolidated Statements of Income (USD $) In Millions, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Income Statement [Abstract]
Net sales	$ 19,872us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 18,769us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet	$ 18,143us-gaap_SalesRevenueNet
Expenses
Cost of products sold	16,477us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	15,471us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold	15,250us-gaap_CostOfGoodsSold
Gross margin	3,395us-gaap_GrossProfit	3,298us-gaap_GrossProfit	2,893us-gaap_GrossProfit
Selling, general and administrative	2,038	1,828	1,757
Intangible amortization	33us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	25us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	30us-gaap_AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets
Restructuring costs	136	196	237
Operating profit	1,188us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	1,249us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss	869us-gaap_OperatingIncomeLoss
Other income (expense)
Interest and sundry income (expense)	(142)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(155)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense	(112)us-gaap_NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Interest expense	(165)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(177)us-gaap_InterestExpense	(199)us-gaap_InterestExpense
Earnings before income taxes	881	917	558
Income tax expense	189us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	68us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	133us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net earnings	692us-gaap_ProfitLoss	849us-gaap_ProfitLoss	425us-gaap_ProfitLoss
Less: Net earnings available to noncontrolling interests	42	22	24
Net earnings available to Whirlpool	$ 650us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 827us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss	$ 401us-gaap_NetIncomeLoss
Per share of common stock
Basic net earnings available to Whirlpool (USD per share)	$ 8.30us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 10.42us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic	$ 5.14us-gaap_EarningsPerShareBasic
Diluted net earnings available to Whirlpool (USD per share)	$ 8.17us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 10.24us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted	$ 5.06us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
Weighted-average shares outstanding (in millions)
Basic (shares)	78.3	79.3	78.1
Diluted (shares)	79.6	80.8	79.3

The aggregate expense charged against earnings to allocate the cost of intangible assets (nonphysical assets not used in production) in a systematic and rational manner to the periods expected to benefit from such assets. As a noncash expense, this element is added back to net income when calculating cash provided by or used in operations using the indirect method.

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