Payroll, staff and employee benefits obligations - Recognized in income and comprehensive income (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Actuarial (Gains) Losses
Benefit amounts recognized on Equity	$ (574)	$ (1,035)	$ 212
Pension benefits
Employee benefits obligations
Current service cost	202	247	244
Past service cost	27	(197)
Settlements	7	3	(7)
Net interest cost	5	18	25
Benefit amounts recognized on Profit & Loss	241	71	262
Actuarial (Gains) Losses
Effect of changes in demographic assumptions	1	(71)	(12)
Effect of changes in financial assumptions	(2,617)	(450)	773
Effect of experience adjustments	111	(214)	57
Actual return on plan assets	2,083	(294)	(517)
Effect of asset ceiling	3	5
Benefit amounts recognized on Equity	(419)	(1,024)	301
TOTAL BENEFIT AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED ON COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	(178)	(953)	563
Other benefits
Employee benefits obligations
Current service cost	15	17	19
Past service cost	9	(1)
Settlements			(3)
Net interest cost	12	8	11
Benefit amounts recognized on Profit & Loss	36	24	27
Actuarial (Gains) Losses
Effect of changes in demographic assumptions	(9)	(8)	(3)
Effect of changes in financial assumptions	(138)	2	(1)
Effect of experience adjustments	(8)	(5)	(85)
Benefit amounts recognized on Equity	(155)	(11)	(89)
TOTAL BENEFIT AMOUNTS RECOGNIZED ON COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$ (119)	$ 13	$ (62)

The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from changes in demographic assumptions that result in remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset). Demographic assumptions deal with matters such as: (a) mortality; (b) rates of employee turnover, disability and early retirement; (c) the proportion of plan members with dependants who will be eligible for benefits; (d) the proportion of plan members who will select each form of payment option available under the plan terms; and (e) claim rates under medical plans. [Refer: Other comprehensive income, before tax, gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from changes in demographic assumptions]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from changes in financial assumptions that result in remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset). Financial assumptions deal with items such as: (a) the discount rate; (b) benefit levels, excluding any cost of the benefits to be met by employees, and future salary; (c) in the case of medical benefits, future medical costs, including claim handling costs (ie the costs that will be incurred in processing and resolving claims, including legal and adjuster's fees); and (d) taxes payable by the plan on contributions relating to service before the reporting date or on benefits resulting from that service. [Refer: Other comprehensive income, before tax, gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from changes in financial assumptions]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from experience adjustments that result in remeasurements of the net defined benefit liability (asset). Experience adjustments deal with the effects of differences between the previous actuarial assumptions and what has actually occurred. [Refer: Other comprehensive income, before tax, gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from actuarial gains (losses) arising from experience adjustments]

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The expense of employee service in the current period arising from defined benefit plans. [Refer: Post-employment benefit expense in profit or loss, defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Increase in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from current service cost]

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The amount of income (expense) resulting from settlements. Settlements are transactions that eliminate all further legal or constructive obligations for part or all of the benefits provided under a defined benefit plan, other than a payment of benefits to, or on behalf of, employees that is set out in the terms of the plan and included in the actuarial assumptions. [Post-employment benefit expense in profit or loss, defined benefit plans; Defined benefit plans [member]; Actuarial assumptions [member]] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from gains (losses) arising from settlements]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, resulting from the gain (loss) on changes in the effect of limiting a net defined benefit asset to the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in interest income or expense. [Refer: Other comprehensive income, before tax, gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from gain (loss) on changes in effect of limiting net defined benefit asset to asset ceiling excluding interest income or expense]

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The amount of interest expense (income) arising from defined benefit plans. [Refer: Interest income (expense); Post-employment benefit expense in profit or loss, defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from interest expense (income)]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, related to gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans, which comprise actuarial gains and losses; the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset); and any change in the effect of the asset ceiling, excluding amounts included in net interest on the net defined benefit liability (asset). [Refer: Other comprehensive income; Defined benefit plans [member]; Plan assets [member]; Net defined benefit liability (asset)] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from gain (loss) on remeasurement in other comprehensive income]

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The amount of expense (income) resulting from past service cost. Past service cost is the change in the present value of the defined benefit obligation for employee service in prior periods, resulting from a plan amendment (the introduction or withdrawal of, or changes to, a defined benefit plan) or a curtailment (a significant reduction by the entity in the number of employees covered by a plan). [Refer: Post-employment benefit expense in profit or loss, defined benefit plans; Defined benefit plans [member]] [Contrast: Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from past service cost]

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The amount of post-employment benefit expense included in profit or loss relating to defined benefit plans. [Refer: Profit (loss); Defined benefit plans [member]] [Contrast: Increase (decrease) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from expense (income) in profit or loss]

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The amount of other comprehensive income, before tax, resulting from the return on plan assets, excluding amounts included in interest expense (income) arising from defined benefit plans. The return on plan assets is interest, dividends and other revenue derived from the plan assets, together with realised and unrealised gains or losses on the plan assets, less any costs of managing plan assets and less any tax payable by the plan itself, other than tax included in the actuarial assumptions used to measure the present value of the defined benefit obligation. [Refer: Other comprehensive income; Defined benefit plans [member]; Plan assets [member]; Other comprehensive income, before tax, gains (losses) on remeasurements of defined benefit plans] [Contrast: Decrease (increase) in net defined benefit liability (asset) resulting from return on plan assets excluding interest income or expense]

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The aggregate benefit amounts recognized in comprehensive income related to defined benefit plans, including post-employment benefit expense and gains (losses) on remeasurements.

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