A battery packaging material is formed of a laminate. The laminate is composed of an outer layer including a substrate layer, a barrier layer as an intermediate layer, and a heat fusible resin layer as an innermost layer. The total thickness of the laminate is 60 μm to 220 μm. The barrier layer is formed of a metal foil. The product of a stress value and a thickness of the heat fusible resin layer at a time of 10% stretching is 1,200 Pa·m or more.