An absorbent article includes: an absorbent body that absorbs liquid; a back sheet, made of a nonwoven fabric, disposed on a wearer's non-skin side of the absorbent body; a leak-proof sheet provided between the absorbent body and the back sheet; and an anti-displacement adhesive portion formed with an adhesive, the adhesive provided on a non-skin side of the back sheet, the back sheet including a compressed region that is compressed in the thickness direction, the absorbent article further including a portion where the anti-displacement adhesive portion overlaps the compressed region, a leak-proof sheet adhesive portion formed, with an adhesive, on a skin side of the back sheet, the adhesive joining the back sheet and the leak-proof sheet, and a portion where the compressed region overlaps the leak-proof sheet adhesive portion.