A pant type disposable absorbent article comprising a front body panel, a back body panel positioned at a distance from said front body panel, and an absorbent member being attached to and bridging said front body panel and said back body panel; said absorbent article having a longitudinal central axis X-X and a transverse central axis Y-Y; said front body panel being substantially rectangular, and having a waist edge, two side edges (5, 6), and an inward edge comprising a crotch edge and leg opening edges (9, 10) on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge (5, 6), said front body panel being at least partially elasticized, said back body panel having a waist edge, two side edges (13, 14), a crotch edge, and leg opening edges (16, 17) on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge (13, 14), wherein a distance from the crotch edge to the waist edge is greater than the length of the side edges (13, 14); and said back body panel being at least partially elasticized; the side edges (5, 6) of the front body panel being joined to the corresponding side edges (13, 14) of the back body panel; said absorbent member having a substantially rectangular shape, and comprising a liquid permeable top sheet layer, an absorbent body and a liquid impermeable back sheet layer; and comprising a front attachment portion being attached to the front body panel, a back attachment portion being attached to the back body panel, and an intermediate crotch portion extending from the crotch edge of the inward edge of the front body panel to the crotch edge of the back body panel; wherein the absorbent body has a total length L3, the front attachment portion has a length L4, the back attachment portion has a length L5, and the intermediate crotch portion has a length L6, said lengths being taken in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; and the ratio of the length L6 of the intermediate crotch portion to the length L3 of the absorbent body is L6:L3=1:2.4 to 1:3.5, preferably 1:2.5 to 1:3; and the ratio of the length L4 of the front attachment portion to the length L5 of said back attachment portion is L4:L5= 1:1.4 to 1:2.5, preferably 1: 1.6 to 1:2.3, most preferably 1:1.8 to 1:2.2 and wherein an imaginary centre line coinciding with the transverse central axis Y-Y divides the absorbent article in two parts of equal longitudinal length, and wherein the imaginary centre line divides the intermediate crotch portion of the absorbent member into a front crotch portion located between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the front body panel, and a back crotch portion between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the back body panel, and wherein the front portion has a length L1, and the back portion has a length L2, and wherein the ratio of the length L2 of the back portion to the length L1 of the front portion is L2:L1 < 0.4, preferably < 0.3, more preferably < 0.25, or wherein the crotch edge of the back body panel is located in front of the imaginary centre line. wherein the imaginary centre line divides the intermediate crotch portion of the absorbent member into a front crotch portion located between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the front body panel, and a back crotch portion between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the back body panel, and wherein the front portion has a length L1, and the back portion has a length L2, and wherein the ratio of the length L2 of the back portion to the length L1 of the front portion is L2:L1 < 0.4, preferably < 0.3, more preferably < 0.25, or wherein the crotch edge of the back body panel is located in front of the imaginary centre line.