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2422407 - Disclosure - Segment Reporting - Property, Plant and Equipment, Net by Geographic Area (Detail)
(http://www.merck.com/role/SegmentReportingPropertyPlantAndEquipmentNetByGeographicAreaDetail)
TableSchedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table]
Slicers (applies to each fact value in each table cell)
Reporting Entity [Axis]0000310158 (http://www.sec.gov/CIK)
Segment Reporting Information [Line Items]Period [Axis]
2013-12-31
2012-12-31
2011-12-31
Segments [Axis]Segments [Axis]Segments [Axis]
UNITED STATESEMEA [Member]Asia Pacific [Member]Latin America [Member]JAPANOther Countries [Member]Segments [Domain]UNITED STATESEMEA [Member]Asia Pacific [Member]Latin America [Member]JAPANOther Countries [Member]Segments [Domain]UNITED STATESEMEA [Member]Asia Pacific [Member]Latin America [Member]JAPANOther Countries [Member]Segments [Domain]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net
10,076,000,000  
3,346,000,000  
1,001,000,000  
242,000,000  
211,000,000  
97,000,000  
14,973,000,000  
10,687,000,000  
3,688,000,000  
1,059,000,000  
250,000,000  
243,000,000  
103,000,000  
16,030,000,000  
10,826,000,000  
3,780,000,000  
1,064,000,000  
234,000,000  
279,000,000  
114,000,000  
16,297,000,000