This absorbent article (1) has a liquid permeable surface sheet (10), a liquid impermeable back sheet (20), and an absorbent body (30). The absorbent body has a center region (A1) which encompasses the middle of an excretory opening abutting region, and a surrounding region (A2) arranged on the periphery of the center region and contacting the center region. The density of the absorbent body in the peripheral region is lower than that of the absorbent body in the center region, and a center compressing unit (61), in which the absorbent body is compressed in the thickness direction, is provided in the center region.
