The invention provides an absorbent article that can be easily worn. This absorbent article is an absorbent article that is worn by a user, comprising: a main body section of the absorbent article and an absorbent body that has an absorbent member absorbing fluid, that has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction, that is superposed on a face of the main body section on a user side, whose one end section in the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section on a first joined section, and whose another end section in the longitudinal direction is joined to the main body section on a second joined section, wherein a length of the absorbent body between the first joined section and the second joined section is equal to or more than a length of the main body section between the first joined section and the second joined section.
