An absorbent article having a thickness direction, a widthwise direction and a lengthwise direction which are perpendicular to one another, and having an absorbent body exhibiting liquid absorbency, a top sheet for covering the absorbent body from the skin side in the thickness direction, and a back sheet for covering the absorbent body from the non-skin side in the thickness direction, wherein: the absorbent body has a folding guide line that guides in a manner such that folding occurs, projects toward the skin-side in the thickness direction, and is oriented in the lengthwise direction； guided-folding regions having a width no greater than the thickness of the absorbent body are formed on both sides of the folding guide line in the widthwise direction； the absorbent body and the top sheet are joined to one another by a linear compressed section oriented in the lengthwise direction； the back sheet has an adhesive section, which is a region coated with adhesive on the non-skin side in the thickness direction； and the guided-folding regions and the linear compressed section are not formed in a region overlapping the adhesive section in at least the center section in the lengthwise direction.
