An object of the present invention is to provide a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, by which exhaust gas can be efficiently purified within a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures. This object can be achieved by using a catalyst for exhaust gas purification, containing a substrate, a lower layer disposed on the substrate, and an upper layer disposed on the lower layer, wherein the lower layer contains: a lower catalytic layer that contains a first material having oxygen storage/release capacity and a first catalytic metal supported on the first material; and a non-catalytic layer that contains a second material having oxygen storage/release capacity but does not contain catalytic metal; in which the lower catalytic layer and the non-catalytic layer are laminated in any order; and an upper catalytic layer that contains a second catalytic metal.