This absorbent article (10) comprises a liquid-permeable front sheet (14), a liquid-impermeable rear sheet (12), and an absorbent (13) that includes pulp (29) and a SAP (27) and is positioned between the front sheet (14) and the rear sheet (12), wherein a plurality of intersecting compression lines (22) configured from a plurality of recesses (21) formed by compressing the surface sheet (14) and the absorbent (13) are arranged on the front sheet (14) side of the absorbent (13), and the value for the pulp quantity/SAP quantity of the absorbent (13) in the area including the intersecting areas (23) of the compression lines (22) is greater than the value for the pulp quantity/SAP quantity of the absorbent (13) in the compression lines (22) outside the area that includes the intersecting areas (23).
