An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and a layer of absorbent material interposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the layer of absorbent material (28) comprises superabsorbent polymer. The absorbent article further comprises a lower acquisition and distribution system with at least one nonwoven or woven layer, the lower acquisition and distribution system being interposed between the layer of absorbent material and the backsheet. The absorbent article has a first zone corresponding to 800 ?m starting from and including the topsheet and extending towards the backsheet, and a second zone corresponding to 800 ?m starting from and including the backsheet and extending towards the topsheet. The amount of liquid in the first and second zone is very small as measured by the NMR test method set out herein.

A disposable diaper, having a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction, an absorbent main body having an absorbent body, a back waist part located on one end of the absorbent main body, and an abdominal waist part located on another end of the absorbent body, the absorbent body having side parts in the lateral direction provided with a pair of embossed lines formed by embossing from a skin side of the absorbent body, and the embossed lines each including a protrusion point, protruding inward in the lateral direction, located in a center of the disposable diaper in the longitudinal direction in a midsection of the disposable diaper or on a back waist part side with respect to the center, and a back line, linear or curved outward, extending outward in the lateral direction from the protrusion point, as a starting point, toward the back waist part in the longitudinal direction.