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Share-Based Payments - Outstanding Total Shareholder Return Units Activity (Details) (Total Shareholder Return Units (TSRU) [Member], USD $)
In Millions, except Share data in Thousands, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Total Shareholder Return Units (TSRU) [Member]
   
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]    
Outstanding, Share Units 34,842us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardNonOptionEquityInstrumentsOutstandingNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Outstanding, Weighted-Average Grant Price Per Share Unit $ 23.41pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsOutstandingWeightedAverageGrantPrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Outstanding, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) 3 years 1 month 6 days [1]  
Outstanding, Aggregate Intrinsic Value $ 360us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueOutstanding
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Vested, Share Units 13,907pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsVestedShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Vested, Weighted-Average Grant Price Per Share Unit $ 18.92pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsVestedWeightedAverageGrantPrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Vested, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) 1 year 7 months 6 days [1]  
Vested, Aggregate Intrinsic Value 220us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueVested
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Expected to vest, Share Units 20,935us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1] 24,195us-gaap_ShareBasedCompensationArrangementByShareBasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsNonvestedNumber
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Expected to vest, Weighted-Average Grant Price Per Share Unit $ 26.40pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantPrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1] $ 22.30pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsNonvestedWeightedAverageGrantPrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
Expected to vest, Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Term (Years) 4 years 1 month 6 days [1]  
Expected to vest, Aggregate Intrinsic Value $ 140us-gaap_SharebasedCompensationArrangementBySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherThanOptionsAggregateIntrinsicValueNonvested
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
[1]  
Settled, Share Units 5,124pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentsOtherthanOptionsSettledShares
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
Settled, Weighted-Average Grant Price Per Share $ 14.67pfe_SharebasedCompensationArrangementbySharebasedPaymentAwardEquityInstrumentOtherThanOptionsSettledWeightedAverageGrantPrice
/ us-gaap_AwardTypeAxis
= us-gaap_StockAppreciationRightsSARSMember
 
[1] In 2014, we settled 5,124,197 share units with a weighted-average grant price of $14.67 per share unit.