A resist composition including a resin component having more than 30 mol % of a structural unit represented by formula (a0-1), and an acid generator represented by formula (b1) in which R01 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or a halogenated alkyl group; Va01 represents an alkylene group; Ra01 represents an acid dissociable group; Rb01 represents an cyclic hydrocarbon group; Lb01 represents —O—C(═O)— or —C(═O)—O—; Yb01 represents a divalent linking group or a single bond; Vb01 represents a fluorinated alkylene group; Rb02 represents a fluorine atom or a hydrogen atom; provided that the total number of fluorine atoms contained in Vb01 and Rb02 is 2 or 3; and Mm+ represents an m-valent organic cation.