There is provided a PDP and an image display apparatus equipped with the same, in which the deterioration in the address discharge timelag with age is suppressed, which is bright, has guaranteed life, can stably be driven, is of low power consumption, high definition, and high image quality. There is provided a pair of sustaining discharge electrodes on the front substrate extending in a row direction for forming a display line, a floating electrode not connected to an external electrode is arranged on the same substrate as the pair of sustaining discharge electrode so as not to pass through a center line extending in a column direction and dividing the discharge cell into two equal parts, thereby intensifying the local potential of an area of the MgO surface not influenced by the sputtering by the sustaining discharge in the address discharge, promoting the electron emission from this area, and suppressing the deterioration of the address discharge timelag.