A multilayer ceramic capacitor containing dielectric layers, in which each of the dielectric layers has a main component containing barium titanate, a first auxiliary component containing at least one kind selected from MgO, CaG, BaO, and SrO, a second auxiliary component containing a silicon oxide as a main component, a third auxiliary component containing at least one kind selected from the group consisting of V.sub.2O.sub.5, MoO.sub.3, and WO.sub.3, a fourth auxiliary component containing an oxide of at least one kind of first rare-earth element (R1) selected from Sc, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, a fifth auxiliary component containing CaZrO.sub.3 or a mixture (CaO+ZrO.sub.2) of CaO and ZrO.sub.2, and a liquid phase addition of organic metal salts of Zr and Ca.