Multilayer ceramic capacitor and dielectric material

A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a multilayer structure having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape and including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers that are alternately stacked, the dielectric layers being mainly composed of BaTiO3, the internal electrode layers being alternately exposed to two edge faces of the multilayer chip opposite to each other,
• wherein a Zr/Ti ratio that is a ratio of an amount of Zr with respect to an amount of Ti is 0.02 or more and 0.10 or less in a capacity section in which the internal electrode layers next to each other are exposed to different edge faces of the multilayer structure,
• wherein a Ba/Ti ratio that is a ratio of an amount of Ba with respect to the amount of Ti is more than 0.900 and less than 1.010 in the capacity section,
• wherein a Eu/Ti ratio that is a ratio of an amount of Eu with respect to the amount of Ti is 0.005 or more and 0.05 or less in the capacity section,
• wherein a Mn/Ti ratio that is a ratio of an amount of Mn with respect to the amount of Ti is 0.0005 or more and 0.05 or less in the capacity section, and
• wherein a total amount of a rare earth element or rare earth elements is less than the amount of Eu.