The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article with a barrier sheet preventing body waste from coming in contact with a wearers skin and thereby to alleviate skin trouble such as eczema the wearer might suffer from. The article includes an absorbent chassis 2, a barrier sheet 3 and a leak-barrier cuffs 4. An absorbent panel 23 is disposed on the inner surface of the chassis, the barrier sheet is disposed above the absorbent panel and the leak-barrier cuffs are disposed along a lateral side of the barrier sheet. The barrier sheet has lateral zones 30, 31 a middle zone 32 connecting the lateral zones, and front and rear through-holes 33, 34 defined by the lateral zones and the middle zone. Barrier sheet elastic members 39 are provided along the lateral zones. Folds 40 are formed so as to cross the middle zone in a transverse direction.
