PROBLEM TO BE SOLVEDTo provide an absorbent article to reduce stuffiness and prevent a body fluid from leaking down, provided with a front surface sheet soft to skin having a decreased area in contact with the skin.SOLUTIONAn absorbent article 1 with an absorber 4 disposed between a permeable front surface sheet 3 and a rear surface sheet 2 of a non-woven fabric； wherein the front surface sheet 3 is provided with ridged convex portions 7, 7 continuing in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article 1 at a specified interval in the width direction of the absorbent article 1, and provided with dot-like concave embossments 8a, 8b at the right side adjacent position and the left side adjacent position alternately at an interval in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article 1 on the both sides of each of the convex portions 7, 7, and the concave embossments 8a, 8b are arranged in a zigzag pattern as a whole. The convex portion 7 is an inclined surface having a relatively steep gradient on one side and a relatively gentle gradient on the other side, and the cross-sectional shape of the convex portion 7 is an asymmetrical shape.
