A packaging material for a battery includes a base material layer as an outer layer, a sealant layer as an inner layer, and a barrier layer provided between the base material layer and the sealant layer. The sealant layer is composed of a single layer or a multi-layer. The sealant layer includes a first sealant layer serving as an innermost layer made of a propylene-based resin containing an ethylene-propylene copolymer. In the ethylene-propylene copolymer, a ratio Mw/Mn of a weight average molecular weight Mw to a number average molecular weight Mn, measured by a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), is 1 to 7, a melt flow rate measured at 230° C. at a load of 2.16 kg based on JIS K7210 is 5 g/10 min to 30 g/10 min, and a melting point calculated by a differential scanning calorimetry analysis is 120° C. to 135° C.