Disclosed is a rear plate of a plasma display panel. In the rear plate, barrier ribs are formed through etching after backing, and thus the completed barrier ribs are not deformed. Therefore, each electrode can be exactly located on a central portion between barrier ribs. When a PDP having front and rear plates attached to each other has been completed, optical characteristics of the PDP such as white brightness, color temperature, and contrast, and electric characteristics of the PDP such as voltage margin, power consumption, and electric efficiency, are improved, so that the reliability is improved.