Pad type absorbent article

A pad-type absorbent article according to one embodiment comprises an absorbent core having: an anterior core part and a posterior core part that are located, respectively, on both ends in the front-rear direction; and a central core part. The central core part is located between the anterior core part and the posterior core part. The central core part has a shorter length in the width direction, which is perpendicular to the front-rear direction, than the anterior core part and the posterior core part. The central core part has: a high basis weight section that is located in the central region in the width direction, and that has a higher basis weight than the anterior core part and the posterior core part; and low basis weight sections that are positioned on both lateral regions in the width direction, and that have a lower basis weight than the high basis weight section. The high basis weight section has: high basis weight thick sections that are positioned in the central section in the width direction; an