The problem of the present invention is to provide aherbicidal composition that does not permit easy generation offatty acid odor, shows low toxicity of decomposed material, issuperior in the long-term stability, permits wide selectivityin obtaining the starting material, and is suitable for theenvironment.As a solving means of the problem, the present inventionprovides a herbicidal composition containing, as an activeingredient, glycerol fatty acid ester obtained from fatty acidhaving an even-numbered carbon number of 6 - 12 and glycerol.