Multilayer ceramic electronic component

A multilayer ceramic electronic component comprising:

• a capacitor main body including a multilayer body including two main surfaces opposed to each other in a lamination direction, two end surfaces opposed to each other in a length direction intersecting the lamination direction, and two lateral surfaces opposed to each other in a width direction intersecting the lamination direction and the length direction;
• and
• two external electrodes each on a corresponding one of the two end surfaces, and each extending to the two main surfaces and the two lateral surfaces to cover a portion of each of the two main surfaces and a portion of each of the two lateral surfaces;
• and
• two spacers on one of the two main surfaces of the capacitor main body, the two spacers being respectively adjacent to one of the two end surfaces and adjacent to an other of the two end surfaces with a corresponding one of the two external electrodes respectively covering the portion of each of the two main surfaces interposed between the capacitor main body and a corresponding one of the two spacers;
• wherein
• each of the two spacers is longer in the length direction than a corresponding one of the external electrodes covering the portion of each of the two main surfaces, and includes a metal component and a protective material;
• and
• when each of the two spacers is divided into two regions in the length direction along a line extending in the lamination direction, a region closer to a middle portion in the length direction of the capacitor main body has a higher content ratio of the protective material than a region farther from the middle portion.