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.L'invention concerne un article absorbant capable de fournir un taux d'absorption amélioré tout en étant moins sensible aux rainures comprimées qui sont fermées. Cet article absorbant (1) est pourvu d'une feuille de surface (2) et d'un corps absorbant (4) comprenant une première couche d'absorption (11) et une seconde couche d'absorption (12), et a des rainures comprimées dans lesquelles la feuille de surface et le corps absorbant sont comprimés. La première couche d'absorption comprend : une région centrale en polymère (21) au centre de celle-ci, la région centrale en polymère comprenant un polymère absorbant; des régions externes en polymère (22) situées sur les côtés extérieurs de celle-ci; et des régions dépourvues de polymère (31) comprenant