This absorbent article (1) is provided with a front waist-encircling region (S1), a back waist-encircling region (S2), and a crotch region (S3), and has side joined portions (29) at which the outside edges of the front waist-encircling region and the outside edges of the back waist-encircling region are joined, and a pair of compressed portions (81) formed by compressing an absorbent body (13) in the thickness direction. The absorbent body has a pair of low-weight areas (16) lower in weight than the other regions of the absorbent body. The pair of compressed portions has a first compressed portion (811) extending in the front-back direction from the crotch region, and a second compressed portion (812) situated farther towards the back side from the first compressed portion. The pair of low-weight areas extends towards the inside in the width direction from the outer edges of the absorbent body, at the back side from the center of the absorbent article in the front-back direction. In an area lying between the pair of low-weight areas, an uncompressed portion (813) in which the absorbent body is not compressed is arranged between the first compressed portion and the second compressed portion in the front-back direction.L'invention concerne un article absorbant (1) qui est pourvu d'une zone d'encerclement de taille avant (S1), d'une zone d'encerclement de taille arrière (S2) et d'une région d'entrejambe (S3), et qui possède des parties reliées latérales (29) au niveau desquelles les bords extérieurs de la région d'encerclement de taille avant et les bords extérieurs de la région d'encerclement de taille arrière sont reliés, et une paire de parties comprimées (81) formées en comprimant un corps absorbant (13) dans le sens de l'épaisseur. Le corps absorbant possède une paire de zones de faible poids (16) ayant un poids inférieur aux autres régions du corps absorbant. La paire de parties comprimées possède une première partie comprimée (811) s'étendant dans la direction a
