The absorbent article comprising a hook-and-loop fastener that includes a male member which is provided to any one of the front waistline portion and the back waistline portion and which has an engagement surface formed of a group of a plu rality of protrusions and a female member which is formed of a fibrous material and is configured to engage with the male mem ber. The female member includes a plurality of lines of fiber dense portions in which the fibrous material has a high basis weight, a plurality of lines of fiber sparse portions provided between the plurality of lines of fiber dense portions, the fibrous material in the fiber sparse portions having a basis weight lower than that in the fiber dense portions and pressed portions intersecting the plurality of lines of fiber dense portions and the plurality of lines of fiber sparse portions. Further, since the rib portions 4 are pressed by the pressed portions 8 obtained by the embossing process, the rib portions 4 change shape from lines where the rib por tions 4 intersect the pressed portions 8, and curve toward the peeling direction shown by arrow a to be a convex shape. Thereby, the impulsive peeling force can be further absorbed.
