This absorptive article (1) has a liquid-permeable front surface sheet (10), a liquid-impermeable outer cover sheet (20), an absorption body (30), and a second sheet (15). The absorptive article (1) also has a first region (R1) in which the skin contact-side surface of the absorption body and the second sheet are in contact with each other, and has a second region (R2) in which the skin contact-side surface of the absorption body and the front surface sheet are in contact with each other. Compressed sections (31) formed by compressing the absorption body in the thickness direction are formed on the absorption body. The front surface sheet and the second sheet are arranged along the skin contact-side surface of the absorption body, and as a result, first recesses (11) and second recesses (12) are formed in the skin contact-side surface of the absorptive article, the first and second recesses (11, 12) following the compressed sections of the absorption body. The depth of the first recesses in the first region is less than the depth of the second recesses in the second region.
