PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an underpants type absorbent article capable of suppressing breakage while being put on.SOLUTION: An underpants type absorbent article 1 has: a front girth area S1; a back girth area S2; a crotch area S3; an opening 8 around a waist regulated by a front girth area and a back girth area and arranged in a way that it encircles the waist of a wearer; exterior top sheets 70F, 70R provided for at least either the front girth area or the back girth area; and exterior back sheets 80F, 80R pasted onto the exterior top sheets. The exterior back sheets 80F, 80R extend to the opening 8 around the waist rather than to the exterior top sheets, have folding parts folded at the opening around the waist, extend along a lateral direction W orthogonal to a back and forth direction L, are provided with reinforcement sheets 200A, 200B overlapping at least a part of the folding parts. Length of a reinforcement sheet in the back and the forth direction L is longer than that of the folding parts in the back and the forth direction L.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】着用動作中の破損を抑制することができるパンツ型の吸収性物品を提供する。【解決手段】パンツ型の吸収性物品1は、前胴回り領域S1と、後胴回り領域S2と、股下領域S3と、前胴回り領域及び後胴回り領域によって規定され、着用者の腰回りを囲むように配置される腰回り開口部8と、前胴回り領域と後胴回り領域の少なくとも一方に設けられた外装トップシート70F,70Rと、外装トップシートに貼り合わされた外装バックシート80F,80Rと、を有し、外装バックシート80F,80Rは、外装トップシートよりも腰回り開口部8の方へ延びており、腰回り開口部のところで折り返された折り返し部を有し、前後方向Lと直交する横方向Wに沿って延び、折り返し部の少なくとも一部と重なる補強シート200A,200Bが設けられており、前後方向Lにおける補強シートの長さは、前後方向Lにおける折り返し部の長さよりも長い。【選択図】図3