In a charging member having a support and one or more cover layer(s), the ten-point average surface roughness of the surface of the charging member, the height of a hill of the surface of the charging member, the area at the part of the hill, and the area of a region surrounded by hills each having the height H (μm) and other hills each having a height of not less than the height H (μm), and not including any hills having a height of more than 0.5H (μm) satisfy a specific relationship. Also, a surface layer of the charging member contains high-molecular compound particles whose average particle diameter is between 2 and 50 μm and whose range of particle size distribution of average particle diameter is above 0μm and not greater than 7 μm.