A piezoelectric element includes a first electrode layer 14 provided on a substrate 11 and made of a noble metal to which at least one additive selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Al and oxides thereof is added, an orientation control layer 15 provided on the first electrode layer 14 and made of a cubic or tetragonal perovskite oxide that is preferentially oriented along a (100) or (001) plane, and a piezoelectric layer 16 provided on the orientation control layer 15 and made of a rhombohedral or tetragonal perovskite oxide that is preferentially oriented along a (001) plane.