Provided is an absorbent article (1) that comprises a liquid-permeable layer (2), a liquid-impermeable layer, an absorption layer (3), and a gel lotion (6), the absorbent article being characterized in that the gel lotion (6) includes a styrene elastomer as a gelling agent and a hydrocarbon as a lotion, and in that, among a plurality of gel regions (8), with regard to at least one portion of two adjacent gel regions (8), the two adjacent gel regions (8) have two proximal points (13), an intermediate point (14) that is positioned therebetween, two proximal point corresponding points (15), and an intermediate point corresponding point (16) that are related according to i), ii), and iii): i) the water contact angle of both of the two proximal points (13) is 85° or more, ii) the water contact angle at the intermediate point (14) is larger than the water contact angle at the two proximal point corresponding points (15), and iii) the difference of the water contact angle of the intermediate point (14) and the water contact angle at the intermediate point corresponding point (16) is greater than -3°.
