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.Linvention concerne un article absorbant dans lequel lemplacement dans la direction verticale, au niveau duquel des fentes sont formées, est décalé entre des éléments externes côté ventral et côté dorsal. Un article absorbant (100) comporte un élément externe côté ventral (104) positionné dans la direction horizontale et un élément externe côté dorsal (106) également positionné dans la direction horizontale, et comporte des sections dextrémité dans la direction horizontale qui sont reliées aux sections dextrémité de lélément externe côté ventral (104) dans la direction horizontale, d
