PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable wearing article which is excellent in flexibility and with an appearance looking like underwear.SOLUTION: In a first waist region and a second waist region of a diaper, a plurality of ridge parts 45, which extend continuously in a lengthwise direction and have shapes projecting and curving to a skin non-facing surface side, is formed. In an upper surface view of the diaper, a first size H1 from the skin non-facing surface 2 to an apex 45a of the ridge part is equal to or larger than a second size H2 from the skin non-facing surface 2 to an outer end edge 23b of the side seam 23 in at least one side edge part 6 of the first and the second side edge parts.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 8COPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT