Document and Entity Information [Abstract] Document Information [Table] Legal Entity [Axis] Entity [Domain] Represents the Retirement Plan Number 334. E B P 334 [Member] Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan Represents the Retirement Plan Number 002. E B P 002 [Member] Abbott Laboratories Stock Retirement Plan (Puerto Rico) Document Information [Line Items] Document Type Document Period End Date Entity Registrant Name Entity Central Index Key Document Fiscal Year Focus Amendment Flag STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS EBP, Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit [Table] EBP, Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit [Line Items] Statement of Net Asset Available for Benefit [Line Items] EBP, Asset [Abstract] Assets EBP, Noninterest-Bearing Cash Cash EBP, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Fair Value Investments, at fair value EBP, Employer Contribution, Receivable Employer contributions receivable EBP, Note Receivable from Participant Notes receivable from participants EBP, Investment Income, Receivable Accrued interest and dividend income Amount receivable from brokers in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Due From Brokers Due from brokers EBP, Asset Total assets EBP, Liability [Abstract] Liabilities Amount of liability to purchase investment in an investment short sales transaction in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Investment Short Sales, Liability To Purchase Investments sold short, at fair value EBP, Debt Cash overdraft EBP, Accrued Expense Accrued investment expenses Amount payable to brokers in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Due To Brokers Due to brokers EBP, Liability Total liabilities EBP, Net Asset Available for Benefit End of year Beginning of year NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS AVAILABLE FOR BENEFITS EBP, Statement of Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit [Table] EBP, Statement of Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit [Line Items] Statement of Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit [Line Items] EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase [Abstract] Additions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Contribution [Abstract] Contributions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Employer Contribution, Cash Employer EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Participant Contribution, Excluding Rollover Participant EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Participant Contribution, Rollover Rollovers EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Contribution Total contributions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase (Decrease) from Income (Loss) on Investment [Abstract] Investment income Amount of increase (decrease) in net asset available for benefit from increase (decrease) in fair value of investment held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase (Decrease) from Change in Fair Value of Investments Net appreciation in fair value of investments EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Interest and Dividend Income on Investment Interest and dividends EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase (Decrease) from Investment Income (Loss), after Investment Expense Net investment income EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Interest Income on Note Receivable from Participant Interest income on notes receivable from participants EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase Total additions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Decrease [Abstract] Deductions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Decrease from Payment to Participant Benefits paid to participants Amount of decrease in net asset available for benefit from other expense incurred by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Decrease from Other Expense Other expenses EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Decrease Total deductions EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase (Decrease) NET INCREASE EBP, Net Asset Available for Benefit [Abstract] Net assets available for benefits DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN EBP, Description of Plan [Table] EBP, Description of Plan [Line Items] DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN PLAN TERMINATION EBP, Description of Plan [Text Block] DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES EBP, Accounting Policy [Table] EBP, Accounting Policy [Line Items] SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES EBP, Summary of Accounting Policy [Text Block] SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES No definition available. INVESTMENTS Represents a table presenting information about investments held by the employee benefit plan, including investment types, fair values, units or shares held, and other related investment details as of the reporting date. Employee Benefit Plan, Investments [Table] Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table. Employee Benefit Plan, Investments [Line Items] INVESTMENTS The entire disclosure of investments held by the employee benefit plan, including descriptions of investment types, investment strategies, fair value information, concentrations, risks and uncertainties, and other related investment information. Employee Benefit Plan, Investments [Text Block] INVESTMENTS RELATED-PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions [Table] EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions [Line Items] RELATED-PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest Transactions [Text Block] RELATED-PARTY AND PARTY-IN-INTEREST TRANSACTIONS No definition available. PLAN TERMINATION EBP, Plan Termination [Text Block] PLAN TERMINATION TAX STATUS EBP, Tax Status [Table] EBP, Tax Status [Line Items] TAX STATUS EBP, Tax Status [Text Block] TAX STATUS RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES EBP, Risk and Uncertainty [Table] EBP, Risk and Uncertainty [Line Items] RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES EBP, Risk and Uncertainty [Text Block] RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES SUBSEQUENT EVENTS EBP, Subsequent Event [Table] EBP, Subsequent Event [Line Items] SUBSEQUENT EVENTS EBP, Subsequent Event [Text Block] SUBSEQUENT EVENTS SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Table] EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Line Items] SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) EBP, Schedule of Asset Held for Investment [Text Block] SCHEDULE H, LINE 4i - SCHEDULE OF ASSETS (HELD AT END OF YEAR) EBP, Basis of Accounting [Policy Text Block] Basis of Accounting EBP, Use of Estimate [Policy Text Block] Use of Estimates EBP, Investment [Policy Text Block] Investment Valuation EBP, Note Receivable from Participant [Policy Text Block] Notes Receivable from Participants Disclosure of accounting policy for income recognition for employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Income Recognition [Policy Text Block] Income Recognition EBP, Contribution [Policy Text Block] Contributions EBP, Expense [Policy Text Block] Administrative Expenses EBP, Payment to Participant [Policy Text Block] Payment of Benefits The tabular disclosure of years of vesting service and vested percentage. Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting Service Period and Vested Percentage [Table Text Block] Summary of years of vesting service and vested percentage EBP, Investment, Fair Value and NAV [Table Text Block] Summary of basis used to measure investment assets and liabilities at fair value Tabular disclosure for liquidity and redemption disclosure for NAV-based investments. Employee Benefit Plan, Investment, NAV, Liquidation And Redemption [Table Text Block] Summary of investment strategies for investments measured at NAV Tabular disclosure of investments held by employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Investments [Table Text Block] text block Summary of Abbott common share data Statistical Measurement [Axis] Statistical Measurement [Domain] Minimum [Member] Minimum Maximum [Member] Maximum Scenario [Axis] Scenario [Domain] Represents information pertaining to regular participants. Regular Participants [Member] Regular participants Represents information pertaining to newly hired employees in certain specified Abbott divisions and business units who became eligible for the Plan under a separate contribution structure starting March 2017. New Hires In Specified Abbott Division [Member] Abbott Green employees Represents information pertaining to participant who makes qualified student loan repayments. Participants Making Qualified Student Loan Repayments [Member] Participant who makes qualified student loan repayments Represents information pertaining to participants who are not actively participating in the Abbott Laboratories Annuity Retirement Plan. Non-Participants Of Annuity Retirement Plan [Member] Non-participants in the Annuity Retirement Plan Information by vesting in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting [Axis] Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting [Axis] Vesting in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting [Domain] Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting [Domain] Represents information pertaining to less than two years of vesting service pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Years of Vesting Service, Less Than Two Years [Member] Less than two years Represents information pertaining to two years or more of vesting service pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Years of Vesting Service, Two Years Or After [Member] Two years or more Represents information pertaining to employees death or attaining 65 years of age pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Upon Death Or Attainment Of Age 65 [Member] Upon death or attains age 65 Number of publicly traded companies pursuant to entity having employee benefit plans. Employee Benefit Plan, Number Of Publicly Traded Companies Number of publicly traded companies Percentage of minimum pretax annual compensation that participant in employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)), is permitted to contribute to total pretax annual compensation. Employee Benefit Plan, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Minimum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation Percentage Minimum amount of compensation eligible for participant contribution EBP, Participant Contribution, Pretax, Maximum Annual Compensation to Total Compensation, Percentage Maximum amount of compensation eligible for participant contribution EBP, Employer Contribution, Matching Percentage Employer matching contribution Employer contribution EBP, Employer Contribution, Participant Compensation Matched, Percentage Percentage of participant eligible compensation Number of share that will be received in exchange of shares already held pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Number of Shares Exchanged Per Shares Held Exchange ratio Represents the vested percentage pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Vesting Percentage Vested Percentage EBP, Forfeited Nonvested Account, Decrease from Employer Contribution Reduction of employer contributions by forfeitures EBP, Forfeited Nonvested Account Forfeitures available Represents the date by which distribution of participant account balances must begin following attainment of the required age under applicable regulations. EBP, Employees, Age Of Participants, Minimum Distribution Commencement Employee's age for distribution commencement Represents the minimum period that after-tax contributions must be held in the plan before they are eligible for withdrawal. Employee Benefit Plan, Minimum Holding Period for Withdrawal of After-Tax Contributions Minimum holding period for withdrawal Represents the participant age requirement for withdrawal from account balance of employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Participant Age For Withdrawal from Account Balance Participant age for withdrawal from account balance Number of loans on conversion of vested account balances pursuant to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Conversion Of Vested Account, Number of Loans Number of loans on conversion of vested account balances EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing, to Total Account, Percentage Percentage of maximum amount that participant may borrow EBP, Note Receivable from Participant, Account, Maximum Borrowing, Amount Maximum amount that participant may borrow Represents the maximum term of loan. Employee Benefit Plan, Note Receivable From Participant Maximum Term Maximum loan term Represents the maximum term of loan if proceeds are used for the purchase of principal residence. Employee Benefit Plan, Note Receivable From Participant Maximum Term if Proceeds Used to Purchase Primary Residence Maximum loan term if proceeds are used for the purchase of principal residence Investment Type [Axis] Investments [Domain] Derivative [Member] Futures contracts EBP, Derivative, Notional, Amount Notional amount Represents information pertaining to funds filing as direct filing entity. Funds Filing As Direct Filing Entity [Member] Funds filing as direct filing entity Represents information pertaining to funds not filing as direct filing entity. Funds Not Filing As Direct Filing Entity [Member] Funds not filing as direct filing entity Common Stock [Member] Common stock Mutual Fund [Member] Mutual funds Investments held in real estate investment trusts. Employee Benefit Plan, Real Estate Trust [Member] REITs Common Collective Trust [Member] Collective trust funds Corporate Debt Securities [Member] Corporate debt US Government Debt Securities [Member] Government debt Investments held in Private 40-Act mutual funds. Employee Benefit Plan, Private 40 Act Mutual Funds [Member] Private 40-Act mutual funds Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Axis] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Axis] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Domain] Fair Value Hierarchy and NAV [Domain] Fair Value, Inputs, Level 1 [Member] Quoted Prices in Active Markets Fair Value, Inputs, Level 2 [Member] Significant Other Observable Inputs Fair Value Measured at Net Asset Value Per Share [Member] Measured at NAV Represents information pertaining to short-term fixed income investments. Short Term Fixed Income Investments [Member] Short-term fixed income EBP, Fair Value, Investment, NAV, Redemption, Notice Period Redemption notice period EBP, Employer, Common Stock [Member] Common stock - employer securities EBP, Investment, Number of Shares Abbott common shares Represents the market value per share. Employee Benefit Plan, Market Value Per Share Market value per share EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest [Axis] EBP, Related Party and Party-in-Interest [Domain] EBP, Trustee [Member] Trustee EBP, Change in Net Asset Available for Benefit, Increase from Dividend Income on Investment Common stock dividends received EBP, Tax Determination Letter, Obtained [true false] Determination letter obtained EBP, Tax Determination Letter, Date Determination letter date EBP, Tax Qualification Status [Extensible Enumeration] Tax qualification status Subsequent Event Type [Axis] Subsequent Event Type [Domain] Subsequent Event [Member] SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Percentage of aggregate employer contribution on participant contribution to employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Aggregate Employer Contribution Percentage Aggregate employer contribution percentage Period of time following an employee's separation from service after which any nonvested employer contributions and related earnings become subject to forfeiture and are transferred to the forfeited nonvested account under an employee stock purchase, saving, or similar plan (employee benefit plan (EBP)). Employee Benefit Plan, Forfeited Nonvested Account, Threshold Period Forfeited non-vested account, Threshold period Investment, Identifier [Axis] Entity Tax Identification Number Entity tax identification number EBP, Plan Number Plan number EBP, Investment, Issuer Name [Extensible Enumeration] Investment issuer name EBP, Investment, Current Value, Type [Extensible Enumeration] Investment type EBP, Investment, Interest Rate Investment, interest rate EBP, Investment, Maturity Date Investment, maturity date EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Current Value Current value EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Interest Rate Loans to participants, interest rate EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, Maturity Date Loans to participants, maturity date EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Participant Loan, after Deemed Distribution Loans to participants EBP, Asset Held for Investment Total EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Party-in-Interest [true false] Investment party-in-interest EBP, Asset Held for Investment, Investment, Excluding Plan Interest in Master Trust, Participation Status [Extensible Enumeration] Investment participation status