A pant-type absorbent article (1) having an absorbent assembly (3) comprising an absorbent core (2) and a chassis (4). The chassis (4) comprises a front portion (5) and a back portion (6), wherein the front and back portions (5;6) are joined to each other along two opposite longitudinal side edges to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings. At least one of the front and back portions (5;6) comprises an elastic web material (10). The article further comprises a crotch portion (7) located between the front portion (5) and the back portion (6) in the longitudinal direction of the article The absorbent assembly (3) lies at least in said crotch portion (7) and overlaps a certain distance with both the front and back portions (5; 6). The article has a defined maximum width/maximum length ratio, length of the front portion/maximum width ratio and length of the back portion/maximum width ratio.