The present invention aims to provide a disposable absorbent article improved so that a desired flexibility can be assured and the thickness dimension of the article can be locally reduced without decreasing the absorbent capacity of the article. In the article according to the present invention, at least one of a first end region (16) and a second end region (17), a plurality of first depressed spots (20) concaved from an upper surface side toward a rear surface side to an absorbent layer (13) and a plurality of second depressed spots (37) concaved from the rear surface side toward the upper surface side are arranged so as to be spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction (Y) as well as in a transverse direction (X) wherein a part of the first depressed spots (20) and a part of the second depressed spots (37) overlap each other in a thickness direction (Z).
