Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 2)

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INTANGIBLE ASSETS (Details 2) (USD $)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 $ 12,312us-gaap_Goodwill $ 12,255us-gaap_Goodwill
Effect of foreign currency translation (99)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments 18us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
Acquisitions 30us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod 127us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting (61)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments (5)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
Impairment   (82)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
Divestitures, deconsolidations and other (82)ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation (1)ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
Balance as of December 31 12,100us-gaap_Goodwill 12,312us-gaap_Goodwill
Eurasia and Africa    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 36us-gaap_Goodwill
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34us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation (2)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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(3)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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5us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting (4)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other (3)ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 27us-gaap_Goodwill
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36us-gaap_Goodwill
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Europe    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 822us-gaap_Goodwill
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691us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation (60)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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29us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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102us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting (43)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other 0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 719us-gaap_Goodwill
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822us-gaap_Goodwill
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Latin America    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 156us-gaap_Goodwill
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168us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation (9)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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(12)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting 0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other 0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 147us-gaap_Goodwill
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156us-gaap_Goodwill
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North America    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 10,572us-gaap_Goodwill
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10,577us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation 0us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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0us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 11us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting 0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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(4)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other (79)ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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(1)ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 10,504us-gaap_Goodwill
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10,572us-gaap_Goodwill
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Asia Pacific    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 117us-gaap_Goodwill
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123us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation (2)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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(6)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 16us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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0us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting 0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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0us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   0us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other 0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 131us-gaap_Goodwill
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117us-gaap_Goodwill
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Bottling Investments    
Goodwill by operating segment    
Balance as of January 1 609us-gaap_Goodwill
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662us-gaap_Goodwill
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Effect of foreign currency translation (26)us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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10us-gaap_GoodwillTranslationAdjustments
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Acquisitions 3us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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20us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Adjustments related to the finalization of purchase accounting (14)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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(1)us-gaap_GoodwillPurchaseAccountingAdjustments
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Impairment   (82)us-gaap_GoodwillImpairmentLoss
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Divestitures, deconsolidations and other 0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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0ko_GoodwillDivestitureAndDeconsolidation
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Balance as of December 31 $ 572us-gaap_Goodwill
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$ 609us-gaap_Goodwill
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