A disposable pants-type wearing article adapted to prevent body waste from leaking out beyond the peripheries of the leg-openings when disposing of the used article. A disposable pants-type wearing article 1 includes a front panel 106, a rear panel 107 and a central panel 108. When the front panel 106 and the rear panel 107 are respectively folded with respective inner surfaces lying inside, opposite side edges 62, 62 of the central panel 108 get close to each other in a midsection of a crotch region 8 to a distance in a range of 0 to 50 mm.