Dielectric ceramic composition

A dielectric ceramic composition comprising a main component having a perovskite-type crystal structure expressed by a general formula ABO3, and at least one or more subcomponent elements, wherein

• said dielectric ceramic composition has a dielectric particle and a grain boundary,
• said dielectric particle has a main component phase substantially composed of said main component, and a diffusive phase around said main component phase in which at least one selected from said subcomponent elements is diffused,
• a local maximum value of Cs exists in an intermediate section which is between a position corresponding to a length of 10% of a length “D” of a cross-sectional line from an outside edge of the particle and a position corresponding to a length of 30% of the length “D” of said cross-sectional line from said outside edge, and
• a local minimal value of Cs is located at an outside edge side with respect to a position of said local maximum value of Cs, and Cs is increased from a position of said local minimal value of Cs toward said outside edge,
• when said dielectric particle is cut on an arbitrary cutting plane including said main component phase, and
• Cs is defined as a concentration of one or more elements selected from said subcomponent elements in an arbitrary position in said dielectric particle, and
• “D” is defined as a length of a cross-sectional line from an arbitrary outside edge of the dielectric particle in said cutting plane passing through a centroid of the main component phase in said cutting plane to a facing arbitrary outside edge.