The present invention relates to an absorbent body, having a liquid-absorbent core, and a sheet that wraps the liquid-absorbent core, and that has a skin-contacting face positioned on a side where the sheet contacts a users body, and a non-skin-contacting face positioned on a side where the sheet does not contact the users body, the absorbent body having a width direction and a longitudinal direction intersecting the width direction, the absorbent body having a joined section where a part of the sheet on the non-skin-contacting face and another part of the sheet on the non-skin-contacting face are joined in such a manner as the part and the other part oppose on a center in the width direction along the longitudinal direction.
