According to the present invention, in constituting a heat exchange element having a stacked-layer structure in which sheet-like partition members added a moisture absorbent thereto and spacing members are stacked alternately, the spacing members being joined with the partition members so as to form air flow passages together with the partition members, each of the spacing members includes a plurality of section walls that divide a space between the partition member joined under the spacing member and the partition member joined on the spacing member into a plurality of flow passages, and one or more first section walls formed with holes that bring adjacent flow passages into communication with each other and one or more second section walls formed with no hole that brings adjacent flow passages into communication with each other are alternately arranged in each of the spacing members. The present invention facilitates to constitute a light-weight total-heat type heat exchanger having high heat exchanging efficiency using the heat exchange element.