The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article improved so that the article has a well tear resistance and allows the wearers skin to be seen through the absorbent article.The article comprises a belt member 4 defining front and rear waist regions and a liquid-absorbent structure 5 defining a crotch region wherein the belt member 4 includes a peripheral edge 19 of a waist-opening and this peripheral edge 19 comprises two segments associated with the front and rear waist regions spaced from and opposed to each other in an anteroposterior direction Y. Front and rear belt sections 6, 7 of the belt member 4 include, in the front and rear waist regions 1, 2, see-through regions for the article wearers skin having a total light transmittance of about 55% or higher and occupying 40% or more of the front and rear waist regions 1, 2. The front and rear belt sections 6, 7 are provided along the peripheral edge 19 of the waist-opening with a reinforcing elastic member 35 extending in a transverse direction X.
