To provide an organic electroluminescent device having excellent durability and having high luminous efficiency and luminance, which can be effectively utilized for surface light sources such as full color displays, backlights, and illuminating light sources and light source arrays such as printers, the organic electroluminescent device includes at least one organic compound layer containing a light emitting layer between a pair of electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer contains a host material and a phosphorescent material; the host material is a five-coordinate metal complex; and the phosphorescent material is at least one Ir complex having a specific partial structure.