PNEUMATIC TIRE

A pneumatic tire (1) is provided which includes a carcass (6) having at least one carcass ply (6A) that extends from a tread portion (2) through sidewall portions (3) to bead portions (4); the carcass ply (6A) has strip-shaped sheet-like ply pieces (11 arranged in a tire circumferential direction, and each strip-shaped sheet-like ply piece (11) has a radial length greater than a circumferential length in the tire circumferential direction; each ply piece (11) has a plurality of carcass cords arranged along a longitudinal direction, the ply piece at least partially overlaps a ply piece that is adjacent thereto in the tire circumferential direction; an intermediate elongation rate Ee of the carcass cords arranged in at least one of side edge portions, in a circumferential direction, of the ply piece is greater than an intermediate elongation rate Ec of the carcass cords arranged in a center portion of the ply piece (11)