Allowance for Credit Losses and Credit Quality of Receivables - Allowance for Credit Losses (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 29, 2023	Oct. 30, 2022	Oct. 31, 2021
Receivable, Allowance for Credit Losses
Percentage of customer receivables transition matrix models used to estimate credit losses (as a percent)	90.00%
Freestanding credit enhancement recoveries	$ 17.0	$ 8.5	$ 14.3
Deposits primarily withheld from John Deere dealers and merchants available as credit enhancements	129.6	132.7
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	128.4	129.0	129.1
Provision (credit) for credit losses	88.6	24.4	(2.7)
Write-offs	(105.4)	(67.8)	(64.8)
Recoveries	35.3	44.2	47.1
Translation adjustments	(0.5)	(1.4)	0.6
End of year balance	146.4	128.4	129.0
Receivables:
End of year balance	51,344.2	42,441.6	36,624.7
Cumulative Effect from Adoption | ASU 2016-13
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance			19.7
Unfunded Commitments
Allowance:
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(0.1)	(0.9)	1.8
Customer Receivables
Receivables:
End of year balance	38,014.1	34,037.1
Retail Notes & Financing Leases
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	95.4	96.5	76.9
Provision (credit) for credit losses	67.6	26.1	11.8
Write-offs	(60.8)	(40.7)	(36.7)
Recoveries	12.9	14.4	11.6
Translation adjustments	(0.2)	(0.9)	0.4
End of year balance	114.9	95.4	96.5
Receivables:
End of year balance	33,419.7	29,871.3	26,933.3
Retail Notes & Financing Leases | Cumulative Effect from Adoption | ASU 2016-13
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance			32.5
Revolving charge accounts
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	21.9	20.8	42.3
Provision (credit) for credit losses	21.2	(1.8)	(17.0)
Write-offs	(44.4)	(26.8)	(27.8)
Recoveries	21.8	29.7	35.5
Translation adjustments	(0.1)
End of year balance	20.4	21.9	20.8
Receivables:
End of year balance	4,594.4	4,165.8	3,740.1
Revolving charge accounts | Cumulative Effect from Adoption | ASU 2016-13
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance			(12.2)
Wholesale Receivables
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance	11.1	11.7	9.9
Provision (credit) for credit losses	(0.2)	0.1	2.5
Write-offs	(0.2)	(0.3)	(0.3)
Recoveries	0.6	0.1
Translation adjustments	(0.2)	(0.5)	0.2
End of year balance	11.1	11.1	11.7
Receivables:
End of year balance	$ 13,330.1	$ 8,404.5	5,951.3
Wholesale Receivables | Cumulative Effect from Adoption | ASU 2016-13
Allowance:
Beginning of year balance			$ (0.6)