PURPOSE: To provide electronic components with leads which has a small specific resistance of external lead terminal, enables high speed propagation of electrical signals, solidly deposits plated metal layer on the surface and eliminates expansion or peeling of plated metal layer which may be a cause of disconnection of external lead terminal and defective appearance.

CONSTITUTION: In an electronic component with lead where an external lead terminal 7 is deposited through a brazing material, on a metallized layer 5 deposited on an insulation base material 1, the external lead terminal 7 is made of a cupper-nickel alloy where nickel of 0.5 to 30.0wt.% is included to cupper.