The present invention relates to a pant type disposable absorbent article comprising a front body panel (1 ) a back body panel (2) and an absorbent member (3) being attached to and bridging said front body panel and said back body panel. Said front body panel (1 ) comprises a crotch edge (8) and said back body panel comprises a crotch edge (15). An imaginary centre line (29) coinciding with the transverse central axis Y Y of the absorbent article divides the absorbent article in two parts of equal longitudinal length and the imaginary centre line (29) divides the intermediate crotch portion (24) of the absorbent member (3) into a front crotch portion (30) having a length L1 and a back crotch portion (31 ) having a length L2 wherein the ratio of the length L2 to the length L1 is L2:L1 <0.4 preferably <0.3 more preferably <0.25 or wherein the crotch edge (15) of the back body panel (2) is located in front of the imaginary centre line (29).
