Electrophotographic photosensitive member and method for producing electrophotographic photosensitive member

An electrophotographic photosensitive member having a substrate, a photoconductive layer, and a surface layer formed from hydrogenated amorphous silicon carbide, in this order, wherein

• an average value of ratios (C/(C+Si)) of a number (C) of carbon atoms to a sum of a number (Si) of silicon atoms and the number (C) of carbon atoms in the surface layer is 0.90 or more and less than 1.00, and
• an average value of ratios (H/(H+C+Si)) of a number (H) of hydrogen atoms to a sum of the number (H) of hydrogen atoms, the number (C) of carbon atoms and the number (Si) of silicon atoms in the surface layer is 0.40 or less;
• and
• when an average value of ratios of a sum of a Si—O bond and an O—Si—O bond to a sum of Si-related bonds (sum of a Si—Si bond, a Si—C bond, a Si—O bond and an O—Si—O bond) in an outermost surface region that constitutes a range within a depth of 5 nm or less from the outermost surface of the surface layer is represented by a, and an average value of ratios (Si/(C+Si)) of the number (Si) of silicon atoms to a sum of the number (Si) of the silicon atoms and the number (C) of carbon atoms in the surface layer is represented by b, 0.015≤a*b≤0.090 holds.