Multilayer ceramic capacitor

A multilayer ceramic capacitor comprising:

• a multilayer body including an inner layer portion in which a plurality of dielectric layers with internal electrodes provided thereon are laminated, the multilayer body including two main surfaces including a first main surface provided on one side in a lamination direction and a second main surface provided on an other side in the lamination direction, two lateral surfaces respectively provided on both sides in a width direction intersecting with the lamination direction, and two end surfaces respectively provided on both sides in a length direction intersecting with the lamination direction and the width direction;
• and
• external electrodes respectively provided on the end surfaces and the lateral surfaces of the multilayer body;
• the dielectric layers including first dielectric layers and second dielectric layers that are alternately laminated with each other, the internal electrodes including end-surface-exposure internal electrodes that are exposed at least at the end surfaces, and lateral-surface-exposure internal electrodes that are exposed at least at the lateral surfaces, each of the first dielectric layers including the end-surface-exposure internal electrode thereon, each second dielectric layer including the lateral-surface-exposure internal electrode thereon, each end-surface-exposure internal electrode including a counter portion and a lead-out portion that extends from the counter portion, each lateral-surface-exposure internal electrode including a counter portion and a lead-out portion that extends from the counter portion, the counter portion of the end-surface-exposure internal electrode and the counter portion of the lateral-surface-exposure internal electrode being opposed to each other;
• wherein
• the inner layer portion includes a first-main-surface-side region, a second-main-surface-side region, and a central region between the first-main-surface-side region and the second-main-surface-side region;
• in the central region, the dielectric layers each located between the internal electrodes that are adjacent to each other in the lamination direction and are exposed at a same one of the surfaces of the multilayer body are in contact with the external electrode at contact portions, and an average of thickness of the dielectric layers at the contact portions is referred to as an average thickness Lc;
• in at least one of the first-main-surface-side region or the second-main-surface-side region, the dielectric layers each located between the internal electrodes that are adjacent to each other in the lamination direction and are exposed at the same one of the surfaces of the multilayer body are in contact with the external electrode at contact portions, and a thickness of the dielectric layer at each contact portion is referred to as a thickness Ls;
• and
• a relationship represented by Ls<0.75Lc is satisfied.