Sliding member and method for producing the same

A sliding member adapted to be slid with lubricating oil, the sliding member comprising:

• a substrate;
• and
• an amorphous carbon film formed on a surface of the substrate, the amorphous carbon film containing nitrogen atoms,
• wherein:
• provided that a number of nitrogen atoms each singly bonded to three carbon atoms is A, and a number of nitrogen atoms each singly and doubly bonded to two carbon atoms, respectively, is B, a value A/B of the amorphous carbon film is greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 18, the value A/B being obtained by computing, from a waveform of a relationship between a binding energy and an intensity obtained when the amorphous carbon film is analyzed through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, a peak area of a waveform wa derived from the number A of nitrogen atoms, and a peak area of a waveform wb derived from the number B of nitrogen atoms, and computing a ratio of the peak area of the waveform wa to the peak area of the waveform wb.