PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article capable of further improving soft feeling to the skin and cushioning property and holding these surface characteristics even in use.SOLUTION: An absorbent article includes: a surface layer 1 a leakage preventing layer 3 and an absorption layer 2. The absorption layer 2 has a heat fusion fiber 25 and a hydrophilic fiber. The surface layer 1 has a plurality of projecting parts 11 and recessed parts 12 formed by integrally shaping the skin contact surface side and the skin non-contact surface side in the thickness direction. The projecting parts 11 and the recessed parts 12 are disposed adjacent to each other in different directions intersecting in a plan view to be rugged. The skin non-contact surface side of the projecting part of the surface layer 1 forms an arch 8 to dispose a space part 4 up to the absorption layer 2. A junction part 5 to the absorption layer 2 is disposed only on the skin non-contact surface sides of the recessed parts 12 dispersed in a plan view by connecting the arch 8 and the arch 8 adjacent thereto, and in the junction part 5, the surface layer 1 and the absorption layer 2 are fused and fixed by the heat fusion property of the heat fusion fiber 25. The surface layer 1 is gradually increased in fiber density as it goes from the top 11t of the projecting part 11 toward the recessed part 12.
