The purpose of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article wherein an excretory orifice contact region of a top sheet does not easily become sticky and has a dry feel after absorbing menstrual blood, and a blood lubricating agent cannot easily transfer on to flaps when the absorbent article is individually packaged. An individually packaged absorbent article (1) having a pair of flaps (4) for securing the absorbent article to the clothing of a wearer, the absorbent article (1) being characterized by being folded multiple times along multiple folding axes (F) such that the pair of flaps (4) is folded over a liquid-permeable top sheet (2) and the top sheet (2) faces inward, wherein the top sheet (2) has a blood lubricating agent containing region (7), which contains a predetermined blood lubricating agent, in an area which overlaps with the pair of flaps (4) in the thickness direction of the absorbent article (1). Moreover, the absorbent article (1) is provided with a spacer for forming a space (13) between the pair of flaps (4) and the blood lubricating agent containing region (7) of the top sheet (2).
