An organic electroluminescent device including, between an anode and a cathode, a hole injection layer, a hole-transporting layer, a luminous layer and an electron-transporting layer, wherein: said hole injection layer contains an arylamine compound (α) having a molecular structure in which three or more triphenylamine skeletons are bonded together via a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group; said hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (β) having a molecular structure in which two triphenylamine skeletons are bonded together via a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group; and said electron-transporting layer contains an electron-transporting compound having an anthracene ring skeleton and a pyridoindole ring skeleton represented by the following general formula, wherein, p represents the number of the divalent groups A, and is an integer of 1 to 4, A is a divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, and when p is 2 or larger, the plurality of As may be different from each other and when p is 0, A is not present, and the anthracene ring and the pyridoindole ring are bonded together via a single bond, Ar 1 is an unsubstituted phenyl group, Ar 2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, R 1 to R 7 are, respectively, hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, fluorine atoms, chlorine atoms, cyano groups, trifluoromethyl groups, unsubstituted alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups, r 8 which represents the number of R 8 is an integer of 0 to 8, R 8 is a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group or an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and when r 8 is a number of 2 or more, the plurality of R 8 may be the same or different, and W, X, Y and Z are, respectively, carbon atoms or nitrogen atoms, and only any one of them is a nitrogen atom, none of R 1 to R 4 is bonded to the nitrogen atom. said hole injection layer contains an arylamine compound (α) having a molecular structure in which three or more triphenylamine skeletons are bonded together via a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group; said hole-transporting layer contains an arylamine compound (β) having a molecular structure in which two triphenylamine skeletons are bonded together via a single bond or a divalent hydrocarbon group; and said electron-transporting layer contains an electron-transporting compound having an anthracene ring skeleton and a pyridoindole ring skeleton represented by the following general formula, p represents the number of the divalent groups A, and is an integer of 1 to 4, A is a divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring group, and when p is 2 or larger, the plurality of As may be different from each other and when p is 0, A is not present, and the anthracene ring and the pyridoindole ring are bonded together via a single bond, Ar 1 is an unsubstituted phenyl group, Ar 2 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group, R 1 to R 7 are, respectively, hydrogen atoms, deuterium atoms, fluorine atoms, chlorine atoms, cyano groups, trifluoromethyl groups, unsubstituted alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups or aromatic heterocyclic groups, r 8 which represents the number of R 8 is an integer of 0 to 8, R 8 is a deuterium atom, a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, a cyano group, a trifluoromethyl group or an unsubstituted alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and when r 8 is a number of 2 or more, the plurality of R 8 may be the same or different, and W, X, Y and Z are, respectively, carbon atoms or nitrogen atoms, and only any one of them is a nitrogen atom, none of R 1 to R 4 is bonded to the nitrogen atom.