A light emitting device includes a light emitting element and a light flux controlling member. The light flux controlling member includes an incidence surface and an emission surface, and is disposed such that, in a cross section of the light emitting device, light emitted at least θ1=81° from a light emission center of the light emitting element is incident on the rear surface of the light flux controlling member, and the emission surface is formed such that, in the cross section of the light emitting device, a curve of a graph with an abscissa of θ1 and an ordinate of θ2 includes an inflection point, wherein θ2 is an angle between a line orthogonal to the optical axis and a tangent to the emission surface at a point P, the point P being an arrival point of light emitted from the light emission center at angle θ1.