Provided is a disposable worn article equipped with a flexible folded structure. A disposable worn article having a vertical direction and a horizontal direction, having a skin-facing surface facing the skin of the wearer and a non-skin-facing surface on the opposite surface thereof, and provided with a front-waist region, a rear-waist region, and a crotch region located between the front and rear waist regions, wherein: the front and/or rear waist regions have/has an inner-surface sheet positioned on the skin-facing surface side, a composite outer-surface sheet positioned on the non-skin-facing surface side, and an elastic member interposed between the inner-surface sheet and the composite outer-surface sheet and joined thereto while in a state of elongation in the horizontal direction the composite outer-surface sheet includes a skin-side sheet to which the elastic member is joined and positioned on the skin-facing surface side, and a clothing-side sheet joined to the skin-side sheet and positioned on the non-skin-facing surface side the skin-side sheet and the clothing-side sheet are adhered to one another along multiple rows of first joining sections extending continuously or intermittently in the vertical direction and the multiple rows of first joining sections are separated from one another in the horizontal direction.Linvention concerne un article à porter jetable qui est pourvu dune structure pliée souple. Selon linvention, un article à porter jetable présente une direction verticale et une direction horizontale, une surface côté peau faisant face à la peau du porteur et une surface non côté peau sur sa surface opposée, et comprend une région de taille avant, une région de taille arrière et une région dentrejambe située entre les régions de taille avant et arrière : les régions de taille avant et/ou arrière ayant une feuille de surface interne positionnée sur le côté de surface côté peau, une feuille de surface externe composite positionnée sur le côté de s