To provide a transparent electrode base material which is low in a sheet resistance value, high in light transmittance, superior in reliability, and capable of reducing a manufacturing cost.

The transparent electrode base material 1 includes a base material 2 and a transparent electrode layer 7 installed at least on one face of this base material 2, and the transparent electrode layer 7 is made into a multiple-layered structure of two layers or more in which an indium oxide tin layer 8 and a zinc oxide layer 9 are laminated. The thickness of the indium oxide tin layer 8 is made 750 or more, and thickness of the transparent electrode layer 7 is made within a range of 1,200 to 1,700 .