The purpose of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article in which a top sheet (2) does not have the conventional concavo-convex shape, and the top sheet (2) feels dry and does not feel sticky even after absorbing menstrual blood having a high viscosity. This absorbent article has a liquid-permeable top sheet (2), a liquid-impermeable back sheet (6), and an absorbent (3) disposed between the liquid-permeable top sheet (2) and the liquid-impermeable back sheet (6), wherein the liquid-permeable top sheet (2) has a grammage of 5 to 30 g/m 2 and a thickness of 0.10 to 0.30 mm in a region that comes into contact with an excretory opening, the liquid-permeable top sheet (2) contains a blood modifier (8) in the skin abutting surface (7) of the region that comes into contact with an excretory opening, and the blood modifier (8) is a polyoxypropylene-glycol-based compound.
