An underpants-type absorbent article is provided with an outer body (2), provided with a mutually separate front piece (4), back piece (5) and connecting sheet (6), and wherein the front piece (4) and the back piece (5) are mutually joined at side areas (1F) and are mutually connected by the connecting sheet (6) extending in an front-to-rear direction (FR) at the crotch area (1C), and an inner body (3), containing an absorptive body and which is overlapped and anchored to the connecting sheet (6) on the inside of the outer body (2). At least a portion of both edges (6S) in the transverse direction of the connecting sheet (6) are positioned farther to the inside in the transverse direction than both edges (3S) in the transverse direction of the inner body (3) in a spacing area (SP) between the front piece and (4) the back piece (5).
