Abstract: A thin sanitary napkin comprising an absorbent core, a fluid-barrier sheet covering at least the bottom surface of the absorbent core and a fluid-pervious wrapper enclosing the core and the sheet, the absorbent core being a compressed element which comprises cottony pulp compressed in a compression ratio of 1/2 to 1/10 to a thickness of about 1 to about 5 mm. The sanitary napkin not only is handy to carry about but also has a good fluid-absorbability, fluid-holding capacity and pleasant feeling in use, though it has about a half of one-third thickness of conventional sanitary napkins.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention relates to a novel sanitary napkin, and more particularly to a thin sanitary napkin including, as an absorbent core, a compressed element which is made of cottony pulp and has a thickness of about 1 to about 5 mm.