| CPC H01G 4/248 (2013.01) [H01F 17/0013 (2013.01); H01G 4/0085 (2013.01); H01G 4/30 (2013.01)] | 9 Claims |

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1. An electronic component comprising:
a ceramic body and
an external electrode on a surface of the ceramic body, wherein the external electrode includes:
a base layer in contact with the surface of the ceramic body; and
a metal layer on a surface of the base layer,
the base layer having a pore communicating from the surface of the base layer that is in contact with the metal layer to an interface with the surface of the ceramic body,
a part of the metal layer extends to the interface with the surface of the ceramic body through the pore, and
a void ratio in the base layer is 1.5 vol % or less.
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