A ceramic electronic component includes external electrodes having a multi-layer structure including an intermediate conductive resin layer, wherein the intermediate conductive resin layer in the external electrode is made of epoxy resin containing conductive filler, and the intermediate conductive resin layer meets both the condition B/A≦0.47 and condition C/A≧0.39 (A, B and C represent the maximum spectral intensities obtained based on the relationship line of the wave number and spectral intensity of the intermediate conductive resin layer as obtained by the ATR method). The ceramic electronic component minimizes separation that could occur at the interface between such intermediate conductive resin layer and a metal layer.