A method for producing a rare-earth magnet-forming sintered body wherein a number of magnet material particles including rare-earth substances and each having an easy magnetization axis are integrally sintered; comprising, a first shaped body forming step for forming a first shaped body of a three dimensional shape which has a lengthwise dimension in a lengthwise direction, a thickness dimension defined between a first surface and a second surface in a thickness direction in a cross-section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, and a widthwise dimension taken in a widthwise direction which is perpendicular to the thickness direction, the first shaped body being formed from a compound material which is formed by mixing the magnet material particles with a resin material; an orientation step for orienting the easy magnetization axes of the magnet material particles by applying to the first shaped body an external parallel magnetic field, along the cross-section in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, while heating the first shaped body to a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the resin material, to have the easy magnetization axes of the magnet material particles oriented in a direction parallel with the direction of the magnetic field; a second shaped body forming step for forming a second shaped body by deforming the first shaped body such that at least a portion of the first shaped body is changed in shape in the cross-section to thereby change the orientations of the easy magnetization axes of the magnetic material in the at least a portion in the cross-section to a direction different from the direction in the first shaped body; and a sintering step characterised in that the second shaped body is heated to a sintering temperature and held in the sintering temperature for a predefined time so that the resin material in the second shaped body is dissipated and the magnet material particles are sintered together to produce the sintered body, wherein the sintering step is carried out with a pressing force applied to the second shaped body in the lengthwise direction, and in an atmosphere of 15 MPa or less, with a temperature raised up to the predefined sintering temperature at a temperature raising rate of 3 °C/min to 100 °C/min, and the pressing force applied to the second shaped body in the sintering step is maintained until the rate of change of the dimension of the second shaped body in the direction of pressing force becomes substantially 0. a first shaped body forming step for forming a first shaped body of a three dimensional shape which has a lengthwise dimension in a lengthwise direction, a thickness dimension defined between a first surface and a second surface in a thickness direction in a cross-section perpendicular to the lengthwise direction, and a widthwise dimension taken in a widthwise direction which is perpendicular to the thickness direction, the first shaped body being formed from a compound material which is formed by mixing the magnet material particles with a resin material; an orientation step for orienting the easy magnetization axes of the magnet material particles by applying to the first shaped body an external parallel magnetic field, along the cross-section in a direction from the first surface to the second surface, while heating the first shaped body to a temperature higher than a softening temperature of the resin material, to have the easy magnetization axes of the magnet material particles oriented in a direction parallel with the direction of the magnetic field; a second shaped body forming step for forming a second shaped body by deforming the first shaped body such that at least a portion of the first shaped body is changed in shape in the cross-section to thereby change the orientations of the easy magnetization axes of the magnetic material in the at least a portion in the cross-section to a direction different from the direction in the first shaped body; and a sintering step characterised in that the second shaped body is heated to a sintering temperature and held in the sintering temperature for a predefined time so that the resin material in the second shaped body is dissipated and the magnet material particles are sintered together to produce the sintered body, wherein the sintering step is carried out with a pressing force applied to the second shaped body in the lengthwise direction, and in an atmosphere of 15 MPa or less, with a temperature raised up to the predefined sintering temperature at a temperature raising rate of 3 °C/min to 100 °C/min, and the pressing force applied to the second shaped body in the sintering step is maintained until the rate of change of the dimension of the second shaped body in the direction of pressing force becomes substantially 0.