PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article which fits to an abdomen of a wearer.SOLUTION: An absorbent article is configured so that, a trough (51) is provided on a front end part of the absorbent article (1) and on one side of a short direction, a slit (41) is provided on one side of the short direction in a front region of an absorber (10), the slit (41) comprising the other side edge (411) and one side edge (412), a deepest part of the trough (51) is positioned closer to one side than a tangent along the other side edge (411), the one side edge (412) and the other side edge (411) have a wide width part (415) having a width wider than a thickness of the absorber (10) along the side edges, and a length of the wide width part (415) is longer than a thickness of the absorber 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4