In a monolithic ceramic capacitor, ceramic layers defining inner layers are mainly composed of a perovskite compound containing Ba and Ti. A portion of an electrically effective section in the ceramic layers near a connecting portion between the inner electrodes and an outer electrode undergoes mapping analysis by an energy-dispersive method. In regions of the resulting mapping image, the regions extending from the interfaces between the inner electrodes and a corresponding one of the ceramic layers to positions about ⅓ of the thickness of the ceramic layer in the stacking direction, ((L2−L3)/L1)×100≧50 is satisfied, where L1 represents the total length of grain boundaries, L2 represents the total length of grain boundaries where a rare-earth element is present, and L3 represents the total length of portions where the grain boundaries where the rare-earth element is present are overlapped with grain boundaries with a specific element present.