An Eu-activated phosphor that maintains high wavelength conversion
efficiency and suppresses deterioration with time due to vacuum
ultraviolet irradiation, as well as a plasma display panel having
superior display performance by suppressing sticking image caused by
deterioration of the phosphor with time is provided. The
europium-activated phosphor where a divalent europium ratio of each
phosphor particle constituting the phosphor is lower at and in a vicinity
of a particle surface than for the particle as a whole.