A method of evaluating an organic electroluminescence element which includes at least a light emitting layer between an anode and a cathode and has a light emitting element area of not less than 100 mm 2 and not more than 1 m 2, the method comprising the steps of: applying a direct-current voltage having such a magnitude that the organic electroluminescence element has a luminance of 10 to 5000 cd/m 2 and an AC voltage superimposed on the direct-current voltage to the organic electroluminescence element and measuring an impedance spectrum of the organic electroluminescence element, wherein a frequency range of measurement of the impedance spectrum is set to a range from 1 Hz to 10 kHz; calculating a capacitance C from the impedance spectrum by the following formula: C = 1 / ω − ImZ / Re 2 Z + Im 2 Z Herein, ω is 2πf (f: frequency); Z, impedance; ReZ, a real part of the impedance; and ImZ, an imaginary part of the impedance; and determining whether the capacitance has positive values in the whole frequency range, when it is determined that all values of the capacitance are positive, it is determined that the organic electroluminescent element is non-defective, and when it is determined that all values of the capacitance are not positive, it is further determined whether a threshold frequency f th satisfies the condition by Formula, f th Hz < 0.01 × A wherein f th is a threshold frequency and A is a light emitting element area (mm 2), the threshold frequency f th being a measurement frequency which constitutes a boundary between positive and negative of the value of the capacitance, wherein when the threshold frequency f th does not satisfy the condition of Formula, the organic electroluminescence element is determined to be defective. applying a direct-current voltage having such a magnitude that the organic electroluminescence element has a luminance of 10 to 5000 cd/m 2 and an AC voltage superimposed on the direct-current voltage to the organic electroluminescence element and measuring an impedance spectrum of the organic electroluminescence element, wherein a frequency range of measurement of the impedance spectrum is set to a range from 1 Hz to 10 kHz; calculating a capacitance C from the impedance spectrum by the following formula: C = 1 / ω − ImZ / Re 2 Z + Im 2 Z Herein, ω is 2πf (f: frequency); Z, impedance; ReZ, a real part of the impedance; and ImZ, an imaginary part of the impedance; and determining whether the capacitance has positive values in the whole frequency range, when it is determined that all values of the capacitance are positive, it is determined that the organic electroluminescent element is non-defective, and when it is determined that all values of the capacitance are not positive, it is further determined whether a threshold frequency f th satisfies the condition by Formula, f th Hz < 0.01 × A wherein f th is a threshold frequency and A is a light emitting element area (mm 2), the threshold frequency f th being a measurement frequency which constitutes a boundary between positive and negative of the value of the capacitance, wherein when the threshold frequency f th does not satisfy the condition of Formula, the organic electroluminescence element is determined to be defective.