A display apparatus, including an active matrix substrate with an array of multiple pixel circuits, each having a light emitting element, a drive transistor connected to the light emitting element to apply a drive current to the light emitting element, a capacitor element connected between a gate terminal and the source terminal of the drive transistor, and a selection transistor connected between the gate terminal of the drive transistor and a data line through which a predetermined data signal flows, in which the drive transistor is an n-type thin film transistor having a current characteristic in which a drive current at a gate-source voltage Vgs=0V corresponds to an average drive current Idavr.