PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an external composition comprising pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) or pharmaceutically or physiologically acceptable salt thereof, the external composition having excellent stability of PQQ or salt thereof and having a good use feeling.SOLUTION: An external composition comprises (a) PQQ or pharmaceutically or physiologically acceptable salt thereof, (b) ultraviolet absorber, and (c) at least one selected from the group consisting of fat soluble vitamin, paraben, alkanediol, phenoxyethanol, and behenyl alcohol.