To provide a foldable wheelchair which can be easily folded by light power when not used.

Each both half parts bordered by each central part in the width direction of a support member 7, a seat 1, and a foot rest 5 are respectively made rotatable. By operating an operation lever 28a equipped on a part of the support frame 2, both half parts of the support member 7, the seat 1, and the foot rest 5 are respectively rotated to fold the whole wheel chair. The folding means is equipped with a first bevel gear 29 fixed on the base end part of the operation lever 28a and rotated by rotation of the operation lever 28a and a shaft 36a which is equipped in parallel with a longitudinal member 11 and is equipped with a shaft 36a which has one end pivotally supported by a fixed part of the support frame 2 and the other end rotated by rotation of the first bevel gear 29.