The utility model provides an absorbent article which is provided with a longitudinal absorbent main body, wherein the absorbent main body is divided into a ventral part, a dorsal part and a crotch part. According to the absorbent article (1A), a folding part ventral area (10a) and a folding part dorsal area (10b) are formed in a folding area (10) which can be recognized when the crotch part (C) is observed from the appearance of the side of a back side piece (3) in a mode that the ventral part (A) and the ventral part (B) are overlapped in a state that the crotch (C) is folded. According to the absorbent article (1A) provided by the utility model, printings (8a1 and 8ab) are only configured in any one of the folding part ventral area (10a) and the folding part dorsal area (10b), or the printing (8a1) and the printing (8b1) which are different from each other are respectively configured in the folding part ventral area (10a) and the folding part dorsal area (10b) the printings (8a1 and 8b1) are at least segmented by the outer circumferential edge of any one of the areas (10a and 10b).
