A battery is provided. The battery includes a power generation element having a through hole; and a cylindrical can housing the power generation element and having at least one thin wall part on a circumferential surface of the cylindrical can. A ratio of a hole diameter of the through hole to an outer diameter of the power generation element is 17% or less. The thin wall part is provided in one or both of regions in a range from 0% to 30% and a range from 70% to 100% from one end of the circumferential surface.