A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including internal electrode layers and internal dielectric layers alternately laminated therein, main surfaces on both sides in a lamination direction, end surfaces on both sides in a length direction intersecting the lamination direction, and lateral surfaces on both sides in a width direction intersecting the lamination direction and the length direction, and two external electrodes on the end surfaces of the multilayer body. The two external electrodes each include a central portion having a thickness L1, and located at a center or approximate center in the lamination direction and at a center or approximate center in the width direction, and an outer peripheral portion surrounding the central portion and having a thickness L2, where a relationship therebetween is L1