Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including ceramic layers stacked in a first axis direction and internal electrodes disposed between the plurality of ceramic layers and alternately led out to respective sides along a second axis direction orthogonal to the first axis direction, and external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes and opposed to each other in the second axis direction across the ceramic body. The internal electrodes include first and second peripheral internal electrodes collectively disposed in first and second peripheral portions at respective outer sides in the first axis direction, respectively and central internal electrodes collectively disposed closer to a center in the first axis direction than the first and second peripheral internal electrodes, and each of the first and second peripheral internal electrodes has a higher content ratio of ceramic particles than each of the central internal electrodes.