A nonaqueous electrolytic solution, containing an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent and an aromatic carboxylate ester of formula (1): wherein A1 is an optionally substituted aryl group, n1 is an integer of 1 or greater, R2 and R3 are a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a1 is an integer of 1 or 2, and when a1 is 1, R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, a1 is 2, R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, n1 is 1, at least one of R2 and R3 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms, and n1 is 2 and R2s and R3s are all hydrogen atoms, R1 is an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbon atoms.