BORROWINGS - Schedule of Borrowings (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 4,778	$ 23,641
Eliminations	(3,033)	(3,140)
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	70,288	67,241
Eliminations	(16,780)	(17,038)
Total borrowings	75,067	90,882
GE Industrial
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	3,350	11,079
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	39,386	40,980
GE Industrial | Senior notes
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 18,994	$ 14,762
Average Rate	2.90%	2.11%
GE Industrial | Senior notes assumed by GE
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 18,178	$ 23,024
Average Rate	3.25%	4.17%
GE Industrial | Subordinated notes assumed by GE
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 1,779	$ 2,871
Average Rate	3.28%	3.68%
GE Industrial | Other
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 435	$ 324
GE Industrial | Commercial paper
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 0	$ 3,008
Average Rate	0.00%	1.62%
GE Industrial | Current portion of long-term borrowings
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 36	$ 766
Average Rate	5.03%	0.36%
GE Industrial | Current portion of long-term borrowings assumed by GE
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 2,432	$ 5,473
Average Rate	3.49%	3.71%
GE Industrial | Other
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 882	$ 1,832
GE Capital
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	4,461	15,702
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	47,683	43,299
GE Capital | Senior notes
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 30,132	$ 25,371
Average Rate	3.41%	3.66%
GE Capital | Subordinated notes assumed by GE
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 189	$ 178
GE Capital | Intercompany payable to GE
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	16,780	17,038
GE Capital | Other
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	582	626
GE Capital | Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities
Long-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 0	$ 86
Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities, Average Rate		2.82%
GE Capital | Current portion of long-term borrowings
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 853	$ 11,226
Average Rate	1.72%	3.01%
GE Capital | Intercompany payable to GE
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 2,432	$ 2,104
GE Capital | Other
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	283	804
GE Capital | Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities
Short-term Borrowings
Amount	$ 892	$ 1,569
Long-term Borrowings
Non-recourse borrowings of consolidated securitization entities, Average Rate	0.81%	1.26%