In the disclosed absorbent article (1), in a front torso-surrounding region (S10A), the distance (D1) between the elastic member (100A) that is most towards leg-surrounding openings among a plurality of elastic members that extend roughly linearly in the widthwise direction (W) and the edges (E1) that are on the leg-surrounding opening (P) side of the front torso-surrounding region (S10A) is configured in a manner so as to gradually shorten and then gradually lengthen when going from both side edges (C) towards the center in the widthwise direction (W).
