To provide an evaluation method for a piezoelectric material capable of highly reliably evaluating a piezoelectric characteristic without causing an electric spark.

The piezoelectric characteristic is measured by applying a voltage of not higher than 300 V between a pair of electrodes 3 on an evaluation sample comprising the pair of the electrodes 3 provided on a main surface 2a and an opposite main surface 2b of the material 1 having a thickness of not larger than 100 μm in such a manner as to sandwich the material 1. The smallest distance L from an edge part 7a to the electrode 3 is at least 100 μm on the surface 2a of the material 1, and, preferably, the ratio of the area S occupied by the electrode 3 to the total area Stot of the surface 2a of the material 1 is not more than 95%.