The Coca-Cola Company Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details)

BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details) (USD $) Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]
Number of brands owned or licensed and marketed by reporting entity	500ko_BrandsOwnedOrLicensedAndMarketed
Number, of the top five brands in the world, of owned and marketed nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands	4
Number of countries where finished beverage products bearing our trademarks are sold	200
Beverage servings consumed per day, number	57,000,000,000ko_BeverageServingsConsumedPerDay
Beverage servings consumed per day which bears trademarks owned by or licensed by the entity, number	1,900,000,000
Period of marketing agreement with customers, low end of the range (in years)	4 years
Period of marketing agreement with customers, high end of the range (in years)	10
Amortization expense for infrastructure programs	$ 72,000,000	$ 69,000,000	$ 86,000,000
Aggregate deductions for expenses including amortization expense, incurred in relation to infrastructure programs	7,000,000,000ko_AggregateSalesAllowancesGoods	6,900,000,000ko_AggregateSalesAllowancesGoods	6,100,000,000ko_AggregateSalesAllowancesGoods
Advertising costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses	3,500,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	3,300,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense	3,300,000,000us-gaap_AdvertisingExpense
Advertising and production costs recorded in prepaid expenses and other assets	228,000,000us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising	363,000,000us-gaap_PrepaidAdvertising
Shipping and handling costs included in selling, general and administrative expenses	2,700,000,000	2,700,000,000	2,800,000,000
Stock option award excluded from computation of diluted net income per share (in millions of shares)	38	28	34
Investments classified as cash equivalents, maximum maturity period (in months)	3
Investments classified as short term investments maturity period, low end of the range (in months)	3
Investments classified as short term investments maturity period, high end of the range (in years)	1
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Award Vesting Period	4 years
Property, Plant and Equipment
Depreciation expense	1,716,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation	1,727,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation	1,704,000,000us-gaap_Depreciation
Amortization for leasehold improvements	$ 20,000,000ko_AmortizationForLeaseholdImprovements	$ 16,000,000ko_AmortizationForLeaseholdImprovements	$ 19,000,000ko_AmortizationForLeaseholdImprovements
Goodwill, Trademarks and Other Intangible Assets
Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Minimum Useful Life	1 year
Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Maximum Useful Life	20 years
Indefinite-lived intangible assets, other than goodwill, for which a qualitative assessment was performed on less than percentage	10.00%
Goodwill for which a qualitative assessment was performed on less than percentage	10.00%
Buildings and improvements
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	40 years
Machinery equipment and vehicle fleet
Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, Plant and Equipment, Useful Life, Maximum	20 years