<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an absorbent article with wing parts to be hardly turned up, excellent in the prevention of staining of the underwear. <;P>;SOLUTION: The absorbent article comprises an absorbent body 11 with an absorbent layer 11 and leakage preventive layer 16, and a pair of wing parts 2 and 2 disposed on both sides of the absorbent body 11 in the longitudinal direction. When the absorbent article is used, the wing parts 2 and 2 are folded to the non-skin facing side of the underwear and fixed to the non-skin facing side of the underwear via fixing parts 23. When each wing part 2 is divided into a front part 2F and a rear part 2R along a fixing part center line CL which divides the length of the fixing part 23 into two equal parts in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, the area of the rear part 2R is smaller than the area of the front part 2F. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT