A plasma display panel (PDP) having improved light emission efficiency by minimizing blockage of emitted visible light rays includes: a first substrate and a second substrate arranged opposite to each other; a plurality of barrier ribs arranged between the first and second substrates to define two sides of closed discharge cells; first electrodes and second electrodes arranged to extend in a direction intersecting the barrier ribs to define two other sides of the closed discharge cells and alternately arranged between the discharge cells defined consecutively; phosphor layers each arranged in the discharge cells partitioned by the barrier ribs and the first and second electrodes; address electrodes arranged on the second substrate; and third electrodes arranged on the first substrate to extend in a direction intersecting the address electrodes.