An absorptive article is provided with an absorptive body (1002) which is constructed from a liquid-permeable front surface sheet (1003), a liquid-impermeable rear surface sheet (1004), and an absorptive body (1005) mounted between the front surface sheet (1003) and the rear surface sheet (1004) and absorbing and retaining liquid and which, when worn by a user, has a rear region, a crotch region, and a belly region which extend in the longitudinal direction from the rear side to the belly side, and the absorptive article is also provided with a left and right pair of side flaps (1010) provided on opposite sides, in the lateral direction (W),of the absorptive body (1002). The lower surface of the absorptive body (1002) and those portions of the rear surface sheet (1004) which are located at the side flaps (1010) are constructed as a continuous unitized structure. That portion of each side flap (1010) which is located between a lateral edge of the side flap (1010) and that edge of the side flap (1010) which is on the absorptive body side has a high moisture-permeable region (1006) having higher moisture permeability than the lower surface of the absorptive body (1002).
