Provided are a light emitting device and a light emitting device package including the same. The light emitting device comprises a first conductive type semiconductor layer, an active layer comprising a plurality of quantum well layers and a plurality of barrier layers, which are alternately laminated on the first conductive type semiconductor layer, and a second conductive type semiconductor layer on the active layer. The plurality of barrier layers comprise a plurality of first barrier layers comprising an n-type dopant, and the conductive type dopant doped into the plurality of first barrier layers have different doping concentrations for each layer.