An absorbent article is provided with: an absorption body for absorbing liquid； a back sheet comprising nonwoven fabric and disposed on the side of the absorption body which faces away from the skin of a wearer； a leakage prevention sheet provided between the absorption body and the back sheet； and a displacement-preventing adhesion section formed by an adhesive and provided on the non-skin-side surface of the back sheet. The back sheet has: a compressed region which is a region compressed in the thickness direction； and a portion where the displacement-preventing adhesion section and the compressed region overlap each other. The skin-side surface of the back sheet has: a leakage-prevention-sheet adhesion section formed by an adhesive for joining the back sheet and the leakage prevention sheet； and a portion where the compressed region and the leakage-prevention-sheet adhesion section overlap each other.
