A backlight unit (lighting device) 12 includes LEDs (light source) 17, a light guide plate 19 including a light entry end surface 19b on at least a part of an outer peripheral end surface and a light output plate surface 19a on a plate surface, and a wavelength conversion sheet (wavelength conversion member) 20 disposed so as to overlap the light output plate surface 19a of the light guide plate 19 and containing a phosphor for wavelength-converting the light from the LEDs 17. Light from the LED 17 enters through the light entry end surface 19b and exits through the light output plate surface 19a. The wavelength conversion sheet 20 includes an increased phosphor portion 27 on at least a part of outer peripheral side portions 20OP thereof and the increased phosphor portion 27 has a phosphor content per unit area that is greater than that in a central portion 20IP.