A nitride semiconductor laser chip is provided that can not only improve its COD level but also prevent its I-L characteristic curve from rising steeply and that can reduce an operating voltage. The nitride semiconductor laser chip includes layers constituting a nitride semiconductor layer and formed on an n-type GaN substrate, mirror facets including a light emission mirror facet and a light reflection mirror facet, a p-side ohmic contact formed on an upper contact layer to reach the mirror facets and a p-side pad contact formed in a region only a distance L1 away from the light emission mirror facet. The thickness d of the p-side ohmic contact and the distance L1 from the p-side ohmic contact to the light emission mirror facet are adjusted such that the amount of current injected into the light emission mirror facet is 20% or more but 70% or less of the amount of current injected into an area directly below the p-side pad contact.