An absorbent article 1 has a topsheet 10, a backsheet 20, and an absorber 30, and a liquid-permeable top-layer sheet 70 is joined with a skin contact surface side of the topsheet. The top-layer sheet is arranged along a lengthwise direction L in a central portion of a widthwise direction W of the absorbent article, and non-joined regions S1 that are not joined with the topsheet are provided at both widthwise ends of the top-layer sheet. A compressed portion 80 in which at least the topsheet and the absorber are compressed in the thickness-wise direction, is formed around the non-joined region.
