Notes payable and other borrowings (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

Notes payable and other borrowings are summarized below (in millions). The weighted average interest rates and maturity date ranges shown in the following tables are based on borrowings as of December 31, 2020.

	Weighted Average			December 31,
	Interest Rate			2020		2019
Insurance and other:
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (“Berkshire”):
U.S. Dollar denominated due 2021-2047		3.2	%	$	8,308	$	8,324
Euro denominated due 2021-2035		1.0	%		8,326		7,641
Japanese Yen denominated due 2023-2060		0.7	%		6,031		3,938
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation (“BHFC”):
U.S. Dollar denominated due 2021-2050		3.7	%		10,766		8,679
Great Britain Pound denominated due 2039-2059		2.5	%		2,347		2,274
Other subsidiary borrowings due 2021-2045		4.2	%		4,682		5,262
Short-term subsidiary borrowings		2.5	%		1,062		1,472
				$	41,522	$	37,590

Debt principal payments disclosure

Debt principal repayments expected during each of the next five years are as follows (in millions). Amounts in 2021 include short-term borrowings.

	2021		2022		2023		2024		2025
Insurance and other	$	4,354	$	1,593	$	6,021	$	2,343	$	2,817
Railroad, utilities and energy		5,044		3,405		4,792		3,965		3,777
	$	9,398	$	4,998	$	10,813	$	6,308	$	6,594

Railroad, Utilities and Energy [Member]

Schedule of short and long term outstanding debt disclosure

	Weighted Average			December 31,
	Interest Rate			2020		2019
Railroad, utilities and energy:
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (“BHE”) and subsidiaries:
BHE senior unsecured debt due 2021-2051		4.2	%	$	13,447	$	8,581
Subsidiary and other debt due 2021-2064		4.1	%		36,420		30,772
Short-term borrowings		1.8	%		2,286		3,214
Burlington Northern Santa Fe ("BNSF") and subsidiaries due 2021-2097		4.6	%		23,220		23,211
				$	75,373	$	65,778