A light emitting device according to the embodiment includes a substrate; a protective layer on the substrate; a electrode layer on the protective layer; a light emitting structure disposed on the electrode layer to generate light and provided with a first semiconductor layer, an active layer under the first semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer; and a first electrode having a first end disposed on a top surface of the light emitting structure and a second end disposed on the protective layer. The protective layer comes into Schottky contact with at least one of the electrode layer and the first electrode.