Provided is an absorbent article in which the location in the vertical direction at which slits are formed is offset between ventral side and dorsal side outer members. An absorbent article (100) having a ventral side outer member (104) positioned in the horizontal direction and a dorsal side outer member (106) also positioned in the horizontal direction and having end sections in the horizontal direction that are connected to the end sections of the ventral side outer member (104) in the horizontal direction wherein: the ventral side outer member (104) and the dorsal side outer member (106) are each equipped with a non skin side sheet (118) on the non skin side thereof a skin side sheet (120) on the skin side thereof and rubber threads (140) provided between the non skin side sheet (118) and the skin side sheet (120) a plurality of linear ventral side slits (150) are formed in rows on at least the non skin side sheet (118) of the ventral side outer member (104) a plurality of linear dorsal side slits (150) are formed in rows on at least the non skin side sheet (118) of the dorsal side outer member (106) dorsal side slits (150) are not present at the locations in the vertical direction at which the ventral side slits (150) are formed in rows and ventral side slits (150) are not present at the locations in the vertical direction at which the dorsal side slits (150) are formed in rows.
