The present invention aims to provide an absorbent article to prevent stuffiness generated between a barrier sheet and a wearer's skin and thereby to prevent eczema due to such stuffiness. An absorbent article including a chassis and a barrier sheet. The barrier sheet has a pair of lateral zones opposed to each other in a transverse direction and a middle zone connecting the lateral zones and the middle zones lies on a crotch region. Front and rear through-holes, are defined by the lateral zones and the middle zone. The lateral zones lying outside the middle zone as viewed in the transverse direction are partially cutaway to form notches. The notches are formed by the lateral zones.