Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Millions		Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 427	$ 270
Accounts receivable, net		2,280	2,207
Inventories		2,269	2,239
Other current assets		753	849
Total Current Assets		5,729	5,565
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net		7,885	8,097
Investments in Equity Companies		238	290
Goodwill	[1]	2,074	1,840
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)		851	810
Other Assets		1,193	1,235
TOTAL ASSETS		17,970	17,837
Current Liabilities
Debt payable within one year		844	433
Trade accounts payable		3,813	3,840
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		2,289	2,096
Dividends payable		388	380
Total Current Liabilities		7,334	6,749
Long-Term Debt		7,578	8,141
Noncurrent Employee Benefits		654	809
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net		647	694
Other Liabilities		799	681
Redeemable Common and Preferred Securities of Subsidiaries		$ 258	$ 26
Preferred stock, shares issued		0	0
Preferred stock, shares authorized		20,000,000.0	20,000,000.0
Preferred stock, par value per share		$ 0	$ 0
Common stock, shares authorized		1,200,000,000	1,200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued		378,600,000	378,600,000
Common stock, par value per share		$ 1.25	$ 1.25
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock - no par value - authorized 20.0 million shares, none issued		$ 0	$ 0
Common stock - $1.25 par value - authorized 1.2 billion shares; issued 378.6 million shares at December 31, 2022 and 2021		473	473
Additional paid-in capital		$ 679	$ 605
Common stock held in treasury, shares		41,100,000	41,800,000
Common stock held in treasury, at cost - 41.1 and 41.8 million shares at December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively		$ (5,137)	$ (5,183)
Retained earnings		8,201	7,858
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		(3,669)	(3,239)
Total Kimberly-Clark Corporation Stockholders' Equity		547	514
Noncontrolling Interests		153	223
Total Stockholders' Equity		700	737
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY		$ 17,970	$ 17,837

[1] Stockholders' Equity The changes in the components of AOCI attributable to Kimberly-Clark, net of tax, are as follows: Unrealized TranslationDefined Benefit Pension PlansOther Postretirement Benefit PlansCash Flow Hedges and OtherBalance as of December 31, 2020$(2,157)$(912)$(40)$(63) Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (265)37 9 53 (Income) loss reclassified from AOCI— 72 (a)(3)(a)30 Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)(265)109 6 83 Balance as of December 31, 2021(2,422)(803)(34)20  Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications (347)(51)86 (139)(Income) loss reclassified from AOCI— 65 (a)— (a)(44)Net current period other comprehensive income (loss)(347)14 86 (183)Balance as of December 31, 2022$(2,769)$(789)$52 $(163) (a)    Included in computation of net periodic pension and other postretirement benefits costs (see Note 8). Included in the above defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans balances as of December 31, 2022 is $735 and $2 of unrecognized net actuarial loss and unrecognized net prior service credit, respectively. The changes in the components of AOCI attributable to Kimberly-Clark, including the tax effect, are as follows: Year Ended December 31202220212020Unrealized translation$(324)$(248)$98 Tax effect(23)(17)16 (347)(265)114  Defined benefit pension plans Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount Funded status recognition(109)16 24  Amortization 34 37 41 Settlements and curtailments52 91 49 Currency and other36 10 (26)13 154 88  Unrecognized prior service cost/credit Funded status recognition2 (2)2  Amortization — (4)(4)Curtailments— (3)— Currency and other— — 1 2 (9)(1)Tax effect(1)(36)(20)14 109 67  Other postretirement benefit plans Unrecognized net actuarial loss and transition amount and other 113 12 (35)Tax effect(27)(6)8 86 6 (27)Cash flow hedges and other Recognition of effective portion of hedges (165)70 (32) Amortization (58)39 (2)Currency and other(22)(4)(5)Tax effect62 (22)7 (183)83 (32) Change in AOCI $(430)$(67)$122  Amounts are reclassified from AOCI into Cost of products sold, Nonoperating expense, Interest expense, or Other (income) and expense, net, as applicable, in the consolidated income statement. Net unrealized currency gains or losses resulting from the translation of assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries, except those in highly inflationary economies, are recorded in AOCI. For these operations, changes in exchange rates generally do not affect cash flows; therefore, unrealized translation adjustments are recorded in AOCI rather than net income. Upon sale or substantially complete liquidation of any of these subsidiaries, the applicable unrealized translation adjustment would be removed from AOCI and reported as part of the gain or loss on the sale or liquidation. The change in unrealized translation in 2022 is primarily due to the weakening of various foreign currencies versus the U.S. dollar, particularly the Indonesian rupiah and the British pound. Also included in unrealized translation amounts are the effects of foreign exchange rate changes on intercompany balances of a long-term investment nature and transactions designated as hedges of net foreign investments.