The present invention aims to provide a disposable wearing article improved so that the wearer is free from any uncomfortable feeling during use of the article and, after used and soiled with the wearers body waste, the article can be easily folded up for disposal.A disposable wearing article (1A) includes first and second engagement members (11, 12) attached to the outer surface of a front waist region (4) along transversely opposite side edge portions (8) thereof so as to be spaced from each other by a given dimension in a longitudinal direction and third engagement members (13) attached to in the inner surface of a rear waist region (6) along transversely opposite side edge portions (10) thereof. In the article (1A), the first engagement members (11) are laid on the respective side edge portions (8) in longitudinally upper zones (8a), the second engagement members (12) are laid on the side edge portions (8) in longitudinally lower zones (8c), the third engagement members (13) are laid on the side edge portions (10) in longitudinally intermediate zones (10b) and hooks (20, 22) are respectively formed on the outer surface of the first and second engagement members (11, 12) and on the inner surface of the third engagement members (13).
