A plasma display panel (PDP) includes a front panel (2) having a front glass substrate (3) on which display electrodes (6) are formed, a dielectric layer (8) covering the display electrodes (6), and a protective layer (9) formed on the dielectric layer (8). The PDP panel also includes a rear panel (10) facing the front panel (2) to form a discharge space therebetween, and including address electrodes formed along a direction intersecting with the display electrodes (6) and barrier ribs partitioning the discharge space. The protective layer (9) includes a primary film (91) made of MgO and formed on the dielectric layer (8), and aggregated particles (92) formed of several crystal particles of MgO aggregated together and at least one type of particles (93) made of non-organic material and different from aggregated particles (92). The particles (92) and (93) are distributed on the primary film (91).