An object of the disclosure is to provide an absorbent article which can be thin, and can retain its form even upon absorption of large amounts of liquid, and that has multiple bending origins and exhibits excellent fitting properties, flexibility and feel during wear. The absorbent article of the disclosure is as follows. An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet and an absorbent core between the liquid-permeable top sheet and liquid-impermeable back sheet, wherein the absorbent article has prescribed compressed lines and prescribed compressed points formed by compressing at least the absorbent core.