A current detector includes a plate conductor (4) that is folded in one portion in a longitudinal direction to have two parts parallel to and facing each other having a predetermined width (w1) therebetween, so as to compose a looped current path (2a) in the conductor, and a magneto-electric transducer (2) that is placed between the two parts of the conductor (4; 4a, 4b) so that a magnetic sensing axis is parallel to a width direction of the conductor (4), of which a length (a) in a direction of the magnetic sensing axis is smaller than the width (w1) of the conductor.