There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween within the ceramic body and having different widths, wherein three or more of the plurality of first and second internal electrodes form a single block, the blocks are iteratively laminated, and when the longest distance between the uppermost internal electrode and the lowermost internal electrode, among the plurality of first and second internal electrodes 121 and 122, is T1 and the shortest distance therebetween is T2, 0.76≦T2/T1≦0.97 is satisfied.