The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article to prevent stuffiness generated between a barrier sheet and a wearers skin and thereby to prevent eczema due to such stuffiness.An absorbent article 1 including a chassis 2 and a barrier sheet 3. The barrier sheet has a pair of lateral zones 30, 31 opposed to each other in a transverse direction and a middle zone 32 connecting the lateral zones and the middle zones lies on a crotch region. Front and rear through-holes 33, 34 are defined by the lateral zones and the middle zone. The lateral zones lying outside the middle zone as viewed in the transverse direction are partially cutaway to form notches 41. The notches are formed by the lateral zones.
