An absorbent article selected from the group consisting of a sanitary napkin, a pantry liner and an incontinence pad comprising: an absorbent body interposed between a liquid permeable surface sheet and a back surface sheet, a three-dimensional gather erect on a skin side obtained by folding back a gather-forming nonwoven fabric arranged at each of both side portions of the liquid permeable surface sheet along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, to a side at a position on the inner side of the absorbent body, wherein in the gather-forming nonwoven fabric, a middle part in a width direction is joined with a side edge portion of the liquid permeable surface sheet, and a folded portion folded back to a side at an inner side of the joint portion (c) is formed, the folded portion being defined by an end area at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, a urinary-opening facing area including a region corresponding to a urinary opening portion and forming the three-dimensional gather, and a middle area between the end area and the urinary-opening facing area, in the end area and the middle area, a portion on an inner side in the width direction of the folded portion, which overlaps the absorbent body in a plan view, is joined with the liquid permeable surface sheet, and a portion on an outer side in the width direction rather than the joint portion, which projects outside of the absorbent body, constitutes a projection with an end as a free end portion, and in the urinary-opening facing area and the middle area, an elastic stretching member (15, 16) is arranged continuously at least in a region corresponding to the projection, along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, and in the end areas (Z1, Z1) on both end sides in the longitudinal direction rather than such areas (Z2, Z3) the elastic stretching member is not arranged or is treated with discontinuity processing by cutting it finely; and in the urinary-opening facing area the three-dimensional gather in which the entire folded portion is erected on a skin side, is formed and the projection is erected on the skin side in the middle area. an absorbent body interposed between a liquid permeable surface sheet and a back surface sheet, a three-dimensional gather erect on a skin side obtained by folding back a gather-forming nonwoven fabric arranged at each of both side portions of the liquid permeable surface sheet along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, to a side at a position on the inner side of the absorbent body, wherein in the gather-forming nonwoven fabric, a middle part in a width direction is joined with a side edge portion of the liquid permeable surface sheet, and a folded portion folded back to a side at an inner side of the joint portion (c) is formed, the folded portion being defined by an end area at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, a urinary-opening facing area including a region corresponding to a urinary opening portion and forming the three-dimensional gather, and a middle area between the end area and the urinary-opening facing area, in the end area and the middle area, a portion on an inner side in the width direction of the folded portion, which overlaps the absorbent body in a plan view, is joined with the liquid permeable surface sheet, and a portion on an outer side in the width direction rather than the joint portion, which projects outside of the absorbent body, constitutes a projection with an end as a free end portion, and in the urinary-opening facing area and the middle area, an elastic stretching member (15, 16) is arranged continuously at least in a region corresponding to the projection, along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, and in the end areas (Z1, Z1) on both end sides in the longitudinal direction rather than such areas (Z2, Z3) the elastic stretching member is not arranged or is treated with discontinuity processing by cutting it finely; and in the urinary-opening facing area the three-dimensional gather in which the entire folded portion is erected on a skin side, is formed and the projection is erected on the skin side in the middle area.