[Disclosed is] a high-efficiency and durable organic electroluminescent element having a low drive voltage, being an organic electroluminescent element having on a substrate a pair of electrodes comprising an anode and a cathode and at least one organic layer including a light-emitting layer between these electrodes, with this organic electroluminescent element containing a specific compound having a dibenzothiophene or dibenzofuran structure and a phenanthrene structure in at least one layer out of the aforementioned at least one organic layer. [Also disclosed is] this specific compound.