Exhaust gas purification catalyst

An exhaust gas purifying catalyst located in an exhaust gas path of an internal combustion engine and containing at least one type of noble metal that purifies exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas purifying catalyst comprising:

• a substrate, and a catalyst coat layer disposed on a surface of the substrate,
• wherein:
• the catalyst coat layer is disposed to have a stack structure including a lower layer provided on the substrate and an upper layer provided on the lower layer,
• the lower layer contains a noble metal and an oxide having an oxygen storage capacity,
• the upper layer has a noble metal-containing surface layer portion containing Rh as a noble metal disposed in at least a part of the noble metal-containing surface layer portion of the upper layer,
• the upper layer does not contain an oxide having the oxygen storage capacity,
• the upper layer is disposed from an exhaust gas entrance-side end of the substrate to an exhaust gas exit-side of the substrate, and
• a portion of the upper layer excluding the noble metal-containing surface layer portion does not substantially contain any noble metal.