Provided is an absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable top sheet disposed on a skin-contacting surface side, a back sheet disposed on a non-skin-contacting surface side, and an absorber interposed between the two sheets, wherein the top sheet is made from a nonwoven fabric, and the absorber has an absorbent core and a coating sheet that coats the core. A plurality of back surface concave portions that cave in toward the skin-contacting surface side are distributed adjacent to one another on the non-skin-contacting surface side of the top sheet, the coating sheet extends into the back surface concave portions, and there is a space portion between the coating sheet that extends into the concave portions and the absorbent core.本發明係一種吸收性物品,其包含配置於肌膚抵接面側之液體透過性之正面片材、配置於非肌膚抵接面側之背面片材、及夾在該兩片材間之吸收體,且上述正面片材包含不織布,上述吸收體包含吸收性芯部及被覆該吸收性芯部之被覆片材,於上述正面片材之非肌膚抵接面側鄰接地分散配置有複數個向肌膚抵接面側凹陷之背面凹部,上述被覆片材進入至該背面凹部,於該進入之被覆片材與上述吸收性芯部之間存在空間部。1‧‧‧正面片材2‧‧‧背面片材3‧‧‧吸收體4‧‧‧側部片材10‧‧‧拋棄式尿片17‧‧‧背側翼部18‧‧‧腹側翼部19‧‧‧黏扣帶31‧‧‧吸收性芯部32‧‧‧被覆片材33‧‧‧被覆片材41‧‧‧防漏翻邊42‧‧‧腿部褶皺C‧‧‧下襠部F‧‧‧腹側部R‧‧‧背側部X‧‧‧方向Y‧‧‧方向