A plasma display panel is provided which evenly deposits a phosphorus layer by forming a buffer layer before forming the phosphorus layer within a discharge cell of a rear surface substrate. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate on which are formed common sustain electrode and scan sustain electrodes and through which light is emitted and a rear substrate on which discharge cells are formed by barrier ribs and address electrodes. The rear substrate may be bonded to the front substrate by frit glass.