A disposable garment includes a nonwoven backsheet formed by melt-blowing. The melt-blown nonwoven web has a basis weight of from about 3 g/m.sup.2 to about 60 g/m.sup.2 and an air permeability value of at least about 15 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2/sec. The melt-blowing web is made by fine fibers having an average fiber diameter of from about 3 .mu.m to about 10 .mu.m.