A secondary battery includes: a cathode, an anode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution in a package member having a flat surface, in which the nonaqueous electrolytic solution includes a methylene cyclic carbonate represented by an expression (1): where R1 and R2 each are a hydrogen group, a halogen group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, an oxygen-containing monovalent hydrocarbon group, or an oxygen-containing monovalent halogenated hydrocarbon group, and R1 and R2 may be bonded to each other.