A vehicle rear structure according to the present invention includes: a rear side frame disposed on each side of the rear portion of a vehicle body; and a rear cross-member coupling the rear side frames to each other. Each of the rear side frames includes a front-rear portion extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle body and an oblique portion extending obliquely so as to be displaced gradually outward in a vehicle width direction as extending frontward from a front end of the front-rear portion, the oblique portion includes a narrowest portion at which the area of a closed cross-section is smallest, and the rear cross-member couples the narrowest portions to each other.