Provided is a nonwoven fabric for a liquid-permeable sheet of an absorbent article having good skin feel while not being susceptible to the problem of the cotton inside falling out and not tending to create a damp sensation against a wearer's skin. This nonwoven fabric (20) is constituted by a first fiber layer (21) including cotton (C) and thermoplastic resin fibers (F1) and a second fiber layer (22) including thermoplastic resin fibers (F2) but not cotton, comprises a plurality of protrusions (23) and a plurality of recesses (24), and has a protrusion region (23A) that extends from a second surface (2b) of each of the protrusions (23) to a first surface (2a) thereof in the thickness direction and a recess region (24A) that extends from a second surface (2b) of each of the recesses (24) to a first surface (2a) thereof in the thickness direction. The cotton (C) content in the first fiber layer (21) is smaller in the recess region (24A) than in the protrusion region (23A).本發明提供吸收性物品的透液性薄片用不織布，該吸收性物品的透液性薄片用不織布具有良好的肌膚觸感，並且內部的棉不易脫落且對穿用者的肌膚不易賦予濕潤感。本發明的不織布(20)係由第1纖維層(21)和第2纖維層(22)構成，該第1纖維層(21)含有棉(C)及熱可塑性樹脂纖維(F1)，該第2纖維層(22)含有熱可塑性樹脂纖維(F2)且不含棉，且該不織布(20)具備複數個凸部(23)和複數個凹部(24)，進一步，前述不織布(20)具有凸部區域(23A)和凹部區域(24A)，該凸部區域(23A)係從前述凸部(23)的第2面(2b)至第1面(2a)延伸存在於厚度方向，該凹部區域(24A)係從前述凹部(24)的第2面(2b)到第1面(2a)延伸存在於厚度方向，前述凹部區域(24A)為前述第1纖維層(21)的棉(C)的含量比前述凸部區域(23A)少。
