Multilayer ceramic capacitor

A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a multilayer body including a plurality of dielectric ceramic layers and a plurality of internal electrode layers that are alternately arranged in a stack, the plurality of dielectric ceramic layers each containing Ba, Ti, Mn, and a rare earth element, the multilayer body having:
• (a) a first main surface and a second main surface that face each other in a stacking direction in which the plurality of dielectric ceramic layers and the plurality of internal electrode layers are stacked;
• (b) a first side surface and a second side surface that face each other in a width direction orthogonal to the stacking direction;
• and (c) a first end surface and a second end surface that face each other in a length direction orthogonal to both the stacking direction and the width direction;
• a first external electrode on the first end surface and electrically connected to a first set of internal electrode layers of the plurality of internal electrode layers;
• and
• a second external electrode on the second end surface and electrically connected to a second set of internal electrode layers of the plurality of internal electrode layers, wherein
• a region where the first and second set of internal electrode layers overlap with each other in a view in the stacking direction is defined as an effective portion,
• each of regions sandwiching the effective portion in the stacking direction is defined as a main surface outer layer portion,
• each of regions sandwiching the effective portion in the width direction is defined as a side surface outer layer portion,
• each of regions sandwiching the effective portion in the length direction is defined as an end surface outer layer portion, and
• a ratio of a peak intensity of Mn by laser ICP to a peak intensity of Ti by laser ICP is an Mn/Ti peak intensity ratio,
• a value of the Mn/Ti peak intensity ratio in a dielectric ceramic layer in at least one of the main surface outer layer portion, the side surface outer layer portion, and the end surface outer layer portion is in a range of two times to fifteen times a value of the Mn/Ti peak intensity ratio in a dielectric ceramic layer in a central portion of the effective portion in the width direction, the length direction, and the stacking direction.