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, q represents the number of the divalent groups B, and is an integer of 0 to 4, B is a divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and when q is 2 or larger, the plurality of Bs may be different from each other and when q is 0, B is not present, and the anthracene ring and the pyridoindole ring are bonded together via a single bond, Ar 3 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar 4 and Ar 5 are unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups, R 9 to R 15 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 16 which represents the number of R 16 is an integer of 0 to 7, R 16 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 16 is a number of 2 or more, the plurality of R 16 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 9 to R 12 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, wherein, q represents the number of the divalent groups B, and is an integer of 0 to 4, B is a divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and when q is 2 or larger, the plurality of Bs may be different from each other and when q is 0, B is not present, and the anthracene ring and the pyridoindole ring are bonded together via a single bond, Ar 3 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar 4 and Ar 5 are unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups, R 9 to R 15 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 16 which represents the number of R 16 is an integer of 0 to 7, R 16 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 16 is a number of 2 or more, the plurality of R 16 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 9 to R 12 is bonded to the nitrogen atom. q represents the number of the divalent groups B, and is an integer of 0 to 4, B is a divalent unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, and when q is 2 or larger, the plurality of Bs may be different from each other and when q is 0, B is not present, and the anthracene ring and the pyridoindole ring are bonded together via a single bond, Ar 3 is an unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group, Ar 4 and Ar 5 are unsubstituted or substituted aromatic hydrocarbon groups, R 9 to R 15 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 16 which represents the number of R 16 is an integer of 0 to 7, R 16 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 16 is a number of 2 or more, the plurality of R 16 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 9 to R 12 is bonded to the nitrogen atom.