To provide a stainless steel vapor deposited glass container having a stainless steel vapor deposited layer with a uniform thickness formed by a vacuum deposition and a method for stably manufacturing such a stainless steel vapor deposited glass container.

A stainless steel vapor deposited layer consisting of a stainless steel material such as containing nickel of 5-25 wt.% and chromium of 8-30 wt.% as main components is formed directly or indirectly on the outer surface and the inner surface or one of them of a glass container.