Absorbent article

An absorbent article comprising a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and an outer cover layer for covering the garment-facing side of the backsheet;

• wherein the absorbent article has a Thickness Under Compression of from about 2.7 mm to about 4.0 mm;
• wherein the outer cover layer is formed by a muti-fiber layer nonwoven having a basis weight of from about 16gsm to about 35gsm and comprising a garment facing layer and a wearer facing layer, the garment facing layer comprising fibers having a diameter from about 7 µm to about 11 µm, and the wearer facing layer comprising fibers having a diameter from about 13 µm to about 24 µm, and wherein a weight ratio of the garment facing layer is from about 20% to about 70% of the multi-fiber layer nonwoven;
• and
• wherein the fibers of the multi-fiber layer nonwoven are air-through carded fibers, and wherein the layers of the multi-fiber layer nonwoven are air through bonded.