An absorbent article (1) that has a length direction a width direction and a thickness direction each of which is perpendicular to the other two. In said absorbent article (1) a liquid permeable top sheet (2) a liquid permeable second sheet (3) an absorber (4) and a liquid impermeable back sheet (5) are layered together in that order in the thickness direction. Each widthwise side of the absorbent article (1) has a compressed section (7) in which the top sheet (2) the second sheet (3) and the absorber (4) are compressed in the thickness direction from the side on which the top sheet (2) is located. This absorbent article (1) is characterized in that: the widthwise edges of the second sheet (3) are folded over such that the second sheet (3) has a pair of double layer sections (30) on the widthwise edges thereof and a single layer section (31) in the widthwise middle thereof and in the lengthwise middle (1b) of the absorbent article (1) at least parts of the double layer sections (30) of the second sheet (3) are located outwards of the absorber (4) in the width direction.
