PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disposable diaper in which fastening around an abdomen is ensured, friction in iliac bone is released and a wearer is prevented from causing rash.SOLUTION: The disposable diaper is characterized in that an absorber 56 has a recess 57 having a shape recessed to a crotch side from a center portion in the center of an waist edge on at least any one of the front part positioned on a front F and the rear part positioned on a rear B, abdomen fastening elastically stretchable members 18, 19 are attached so as to stretch in a width direction in the recess 57 and on a width direction intermediate part superimposed thereto, out of a vertical direction corresponding to the recess 57, and no elastically stretchable member is attached to the outside of the width direction from the width direction intermediate part.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】胴回りの締め付けを確保しつつ、腸骨部分における摩擦を緩和し、カブレを防止する。【解決手段】上記課題は、吸収体56が、前身頃Fに位置する前側部分と後身頃Bに位置する後側部分のうち少なくとも一方に、ウエスト側の縁の幅方向中央部から股間側に窪む形状の凹欠部57を有しており、凹欠部57と対応する縦方向領域のうち、凹欠部57内及びその側部近傍と重なる幅方向中間部に胴締め付け用弾性伸縮部材18,19を幅方向に伸長した状態で取り付け、幅方向中間部より幅方向外側には弾性伸縮部材が設けられていない、ことを特徴とする使い捨ておむつにより解決される。【選択図】図8