Multilayer ceramic capacitor and method for producing the same

A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a ceramic multilayer body including a stack of a plurality of ceramic dielectric layers and a plurality of inner electrodes arranged opposing each other with a respective ceramic dielectric layer of the plurality of ceramic dielectric layers interposed therebetween;
• and
• outer electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the ceramic multilayer body, each outer electrode being in electrical connection with a respective set of inner electrode of the plurality inner electrodes,
• the inner electrodes including a Ni-Metal A alloy, wherein Metal A is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, V, Y, and Cu,
• a percentage of Metal A with respect to a total amount of Metal A and Ni in near-surface regions of the plurality of inner electrodes is 1.4 or more atom %, each of the near-surface regions being a region at a depth of within 2 nm from a surface in contact with an adjacent one of the respective ceramic dielectric layers, and
• XA−YA≥1.0
• where XA represents an atomic percentage of Metal A in the near-surface regions and YA represents an atomic percentage of Metal A in mid-thickness regions of the plurality of inner electrodes.