The present invention relates to an absorbent article (1 ) having front, crotchand rear portions (2, 3, 4) and an absorbent core (6) of unitary construction.The core has a first region (12) comprising two legs (15, 16) extending in the longitudinaldirection of the article over at least parts of the crotch portion towards endings(17,18) in the rear portion. A maximum distance (a-) between facingsides (19, 20) of the legs in the transverse direction is, in the crotch portion,located at a position in the longitudinal direction corresponding to a crotchpoint (21 ). Furthermore, the facing sides of the legs converge backwards suchthat a distance (ax) between them is reduced from the maximum distance (a)to a minimum distance (82) in the rear portion. In addition, the core comprisesa second region (24) surrounding the first region and the average density of thecore is lower in the second region than in the first region.
