The invention discloses an outdoor umbrella adopting a short-rib-free structure. The outdoor umbrella comprises an umbrella plate, an umbrella skeleton and an umbrella pillar, wherein the umbrella skeleton comprises a plurality of lever umbrella ribs, each lever umbrella rib comprises a power rod, a resistance rod and a fulcrum part, and each fulcrum part and the umbrella plate are in hinging match. The outdoor umbrella further comprises a lifting pressing plate, and the lifting pressing plate is used for driving the lever umbrella ribs to realize lever movement; when the lifting pressing plate rises, the outdoor umbrella is stored; and when the lifting pressing plate falls, the outdoor umbrella is unfolded. For the outdoor umbrella, the integral structure is optimized, the structural design of prizing utilizing the counter-acting force of the lever is adopted, then the short-rib-free opening and closing of the umbrella skeleton is realized, thus the integral structure of the umbrellaskeleton is beautified, and the aesthetic feeling of the appearance is improved; by utilizing the design of the lifting structure of the lifting pressing plate, the electric opening and closing of theoutdoor umbrella are facilitated, and thus the operation convenience is improved; and by optimizing the decorating lamp bank structure, the structure integration with the outdoor umbrella is facilitated, and therefore, the aesthetic feeling of lighting decoration is improved.