A light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate mounted with a light-emitting element; a frame disposed on the substrate, the frame including: a first frame portion formed on the substrate so as to surround the light-emitting element, the first frame portion having an inner wall surface substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a second frame portion formed so as to surround the inner wall surface of the first frame portion when viewed in a plan view, the second frame portion having an inner periphery which is so shaped as to extend at an outward incline from a lower end of the inner periphery to an upper thereof; and a wavelength converter supported on the frame so as to be opposed to the substrate with a gap, characterized in that an upper end of the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is positioned at a level higher than a level of an upper surface of the light-emitting element and further characterized in that when a distance from the center of the light-emitting element to the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is denoted by a, and the distance between the level of the lower surface of the light emitting element and the level of the upper end of the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is denoted by b, the distance a and the distance b are determined so as to fulfill a condition that a tan θ ≤ b ≤ a tan β wherein θ denotes a half-value angle relative to the luminous intensity distribution in the light-emitting element, and β denotes an angle at which 90%-luminosity with respect to peak luminosity is observed relative to the luminous intensity distribution in the light-emitting element. a substrate mounted with a light-emitting element; a frame disposed on the substrate, the frame including: a first frame portion formed on the substrate so as to surround the light-emitting element, the first frame portion having an inner wall surface substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a second frame portion formed so as to surround the inner wall surface of the first frame portion when viewed in a plan view, the second frame portion having an inner periphery which is so shaped as to extend at an outward incline from a lower end of the inner periphery to an upper thereof; and a first frame portion formed on the substrate so as to surround the light-emitting element, the first frame portion having an inner wall surface substantially perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate, and a second frame portion formed so as to surround the inner wall surface of the first frame portion when viewed in a plan view, the second frame portion having an inner periphery which is so shaped as to extend at an outward incline from a lower end of the inner periphery to an upper thereof; and a wavelength converter supported on the frame so as to be opposed to the substrate with a gap, characterized in that an upper end of the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is positioned at a level higher than a level of an upper surface of the light-emitting element and further characterized in that when a distance from the center of the light-emitting element to the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is denoted by a, and the distance between the level of the lower surface of the light emitting element and the level of the upper end of the inner wall surface of the first frame portion is denoted by b, the distance a and the distance b are determined so as to fulfill a condition that a tan θ ≤ b ≤ a tan β wherein θ denotes a half-value angle relative to the luminous intensity distribution in the light-emitting element, and β denotes an angle at which 90%-luminosity with respect to peak luminosity is observed relative to the luminous intensity distribution in the light-emitting element.