<p>The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire providing at least at part of the bead toe portion a rubber composition containing 70 to 100 parts by weight of an ethylenic unsaturated nitrile-conjugated diene-based highly saturated rubber having a content of conjugated diene units of not more than 30 percent by weight and containing 20 to 120 parts by weight of zinc methacrylate.</p>