A pant-type absorbent article (1) having an absorbent assembly (3) comprisingan absorbent core (2) and a chassis (4). The chassis (4) comprises a frontportion (5) and a back portion (6), wherein the front and back portions (5； 6)are joined to each other along two opposite longitudinal side edges to definea waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings. At least one of the front and backportions (5； 6) comprises an elastic web material (10). The article furthercomprises a crotch portion (7) located between the front portion (5) and theback portion (6) in the longitudinal direction of the article, said frontportion (5) having a length (b1) in the longitudinal direction, said backportion (6) having a length (b3) in the longitudinal direction, and saidcrotch portion (7) having a length (b2) in the longitudinal direction. Theabsorbent assembly (3) lies at least in said crotch portion (7) and overlaps acertain distance with both the front and back portions (5； 6). According toone embodiment, the absorbent assembly (3) overlaps no more than 20 %,preferably no more than 10 %, of the surface area of each of the front andback portions, as measured in an extended state of the article.
