A pant type disposable absorbent article comprising a front body panel , a back body panel positioned at a distance from said front body panel, and an absorbent member being attached to and bridging said front body panel and said back body panel; said absorbent article having a longitudinal central axis X-X and a transverse central axis Y-Y; said front body panel being substantially rectangular, and having a waist edge , two side edges , and an inward edge comprising a crotch edge and leg opening edges on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge , said front body panel being at least partially elasticized, said back body panel having a waist edge , two side edges , a crotch edge , and leg opening edges on each side of the crotch edge, between the crotch edge and each side edge , wherein a distance from the crotch edge to the waist edge is greater than the length of the side edges ; and said back body panel being at least partially elasticized; the side edges of the front body panel being joined to the corresponding side edges of the back body panel ; said absorbent member having a substantially rectangular shape, and comprising a liquid permeable top sheet layer , an absorbent body and a liquid impermeable back sheet layer ; and comprising a front attachment portion being attached to the front body panel , a back attachment portion being attached to the back body panel , and an intermediate crotch portion extending from the crotch edge of the inward edge of the front body panel to the crotch edge of the back body panel ; wherein the absorbent body has a total length L3, the front attachment portion has a length L4, the back attachment portion has a length L5, and the intermediate crotch portion has a length L6, said lengths being taken in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article; and the ratio of the length L6 of the intermediate crotch portion to the length L3 of the absorbent body is L6:L3=1:2.4 to 1:3.5, preferably 1:2.5 to 1:3; and the ratio of the length L4 of the front attachment portion to the length L5 of said back attachment portion is L4:L5= 1:1.4 to 1:2.5, preferably 1: 1.6 to 1:2.3, most preferably 1:1.8 to 1:2.2 and wherein an imaginary centre line coinciding with the transverse central axis Y-Y divides the absorbent article in two parts of equal longitudinal length, and wherein the imaginary centre line divides the intermediate crotch portion of the absorbent member into a front crotch portion located between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the front body panel , and a back crotch portion between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the back body panel , and wherein the front portion has a length L1, and the back portion has a length L2, and wherein the ratio of the length L2 of the back portion to the length L1 of the front portion is L2:L1 < 0.4, preferably < 0.3, more preferably < 0.25, or wherein the crotch edge of the back body panel is located in front of the imaginary centre line . wherein the imaginary centre line divides the intermediate crotch portion of the absorbent member into a front crotch portion located between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the front body panel , and a back crotch portion between the imaginary centre line and the crotch edge of the back body panel , and wherein the front portion has a length L1, and the back portion has a length L2, and wherein the ratio of the length L2 of the back portion to the length L1 of the front portion is L2:L1 < 0.4, preferably < 0.3, more preferably < 0.25, or wherein the crotch edge of the back body panel is located in front of the imaginary centre line . <EOS>