A secondary battery includes a positive electrode; a negative electrode including a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode active material layer which is provided on the negative electrode current collector and contains a negative electrode active material, and an electrolytic solution. The negative electrode active material includes a carbon-containing material and a silicon-containing material, and a spreading resistance distribution in the negative electrode active material layer is 1.03 or more and 10 or less as measured using a scanning spreading resistance microscope.