Provided is an absorbent article able to provide an improved rate of absorption while being less susceptible to compressed grooves being closed up. This absorbent article (1) is provided with a surface sheet (2) and an absorbent body (4) comprising a first absorption layer (11) and a second absorption layer (12), and has compressed grooves 5 in which the surface sheet and the absorbent body are compressed. The first absorption layer comprises: a central polymer-present region (21) at the center thereof, the central polymer-present region comprising an absorbent polymer； outer polymer-present regions (22) located on the outer sides thereof； and polymer-absent regions (31) comprising less absorbent polymer, the polymer-absent regions being located between the central polymer-present region and the outer polymer-present regions. The compressed grooves are located within the polymer-absent regions (31) and spaced apart from the central polymer-present region and the outer polymer-present regions. The distance between edges facing each other of the compressed grooves and the central polymer-present region is shorter than the distance between edges facing each other of the compressed grooves and the outer polymer-present regions.本發明提供一種吸收性物品，其能抑制壓榨溝的堵塞並且使吸收速度提升。吸收性物品(1)具備表面薄片(2)、包含第1吸收層(11)和第2吸收層(12)的吸收體(4)，且具有壓榨表面薄片和吸收體的壓榨溝(5)。第1吸收層包含：吸收性聚合物存在的中央之中央存在區域(21)；其外側的外側存在區域(22)；及位於中央存在區域和外側存在區域之間且吸收性聚合物少的非存在區域(31)。壓榨溝位於非存在區域(31)內，與中央存在區域及外側存在區域分離。彼此相對的壓榨溝的端緣和中央存在區域的端緣之距離，係短於彼此相對的壓榨溝的端緣和外側存在區域的端緣之距離。
