There is provided a multilayer ceramic electronic component including: a ceramic body; a plurality of first internal electrodes formed within the ceramic body; a plurality of second internal electrodes alternately laminated together with the first internal electrodes with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, insulated from the first internal electrodes, wherein a distance between the plurality of first internal electrodes 121 and the second lateral surface 2 and a distance between the plurality of second internal electrodes 122 and the second lateral surface 2 are different, and when the longest distance between the uppermost internal electrode and the lowermost 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.