The purpose of the present invention is to provide an absorbent article that comprises a top sheet having an excretory orifice contact area that is unlikely to become sticky after absorbing menstrual blood, that has a silky feel, and that makes it difficult for absorbed menstrual blood to leak from the flaps thereof. The absorbent article of the present invention has the configuration indicated below. The absorbent article (1) of the present invention is provided with a liquid-permeable top sheet (2), a liquid-impermeable back sheet (21), and an absorbent body (3) that is arranged between the top sheet (2) and the back sheet (21). The absorbent article (1) is characterized by: the provision of a pair of flaps (4) for fixing the absorbent article (1) to the clothing of the wearer, said flaps (4) being provided to both sides of the absorbent article (1) in the lengthwise direction thereof the provision of each of a first area (7) containing a blood lubricity-imparting agent and a second area (8) containing a blood lubricity-imparting agent, said areas containing a predetermined blood-lubricity imparting agent and being provided to at least the excretory orifice contact area of the top sheet (2) and to the pair of flaps (4) and by the basis weight of the blood lubricity-imparting agent in the first area (7) containing the blood lubricity-imparting agent being greater than the basis weight of the blood lubricity-imparting agent in the second area (8) containing the blood lubricity-imparting agent.
