A zinc-based metal coated steel sheet comprising: a surface film arranged on a surface of a zinc-based metal coated layer, the surface film having a two-layer structure including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed by applying a surface treatment liquid for a zinc-based metal coated steel sheet to the surface of the zinc-based metal coated layer and performing drying by heating, the surface treatment liquid containing a resin emulsion (a) that contains a cationic urethane resin emulsion (a-1) and/or a nonionic acrylic resin emulsion (a-2), the cationic urethane resin emulsion (a-1) containing at least one cationic functional group selected from primary to tertiary amino groups and quaternary ammonium salt groups, a tetraalkoxysilane (b), at least one silane coupling agent (c) that contains at least one reactive functional group selected from active hydrogencontaining amino groups, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, and a methacryloxy group, a chelating agent (d), a vanadic acid compound (e), a titanium compound (f), and water, the surface treatment liquid having a pH of 3 to 6 and being adjusted so as to satisfy requirements to described below, wherein the second layer is formed by applying a surface treatment liquid that contains an organic resin (g) to a surface of the first layer and performing drying by heating, and wherein the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is in the range of 0.1 to 3.0 μm per side: the proportion of the solid (a S) of the resin emulsion (a) is in the range of 11% to 45% by mass with respect to the total solid of the treatment liquid; the ratio by mass of the solid of the silane coupling agent (c) to the solid of the resin emulsion (a), i.e., (c S /a S), is in the range of 1.51 to 5.35; the ratio by mass of the solid of the tetraalkoxysilane (b) to the solid of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (b S /d S), is in the range of 0.15 to 1.49; the ratio of the mass (e V) of the vanadic acid compound (e) in terms of V to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (e V /d S), is in the range of 0.03 to 0.23; and the ratio of the mass (f T) of the titanium compound (f) in terms of Ti to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (f T /d S), is in the range of 0.02 to 0.19. a surface film arranged on a surface of a zinc-based metal coated layer, the surface film having a two-layer structure including a first layer and a second layer, wherein the first layer is formed by applying a surface treatment liquid for a zinc-based metal coated steel sheet to the surface of the zinc-based metal coated layer and performing drying by heating, the surface treatment liquid containing a resin emulsion (a) that contains a cationic urethane resin emulsion (a-1) and/or a nonionic acrylic resin emulsion (a-2), the cationic urethane resin emulsion (a-1) containing at least one cationic functional group selected from primary to tertiary amino groups and quaternary ammonium salt groups, a tetraalkoxysilane (b), at least one silane coupling agent (c) that contains at least one reactive functional group selected from active hydrogencontaining amino groups, an epoxy group, a mercapto group, and a methacryloxy group, a chelating agent (d), a vanadic acid compound (e), a titanium compound (f), and water, the surface treatment liquid having a pH of 3 to 6 and being adjusted so as to satisfy requirements to described below, wherein the second layer is formed by applying a surface treatment liquid that contains an organic resin (g) to a surface of the first layer and performing drying by heating, and wherein the total thickness of the first layer and the second layer is in the range of 0.1 to 3.0 μm per side: the proportion of the solid (a S) of the resin emulsion (a) is in the range of 11% to 45% by mass with respect to the total solid of the treatment liquid; the ratio by mass of the solid of the silane coupling agent (c) to the solid of the resin emulsion (a), i.e., (c S /a S), is in the range of 1.51 to 5.35; the ratio by mass of the solid of the tetraalkoxysilane (b) to the solid of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (b S /d S), is in the range of 0.15 to 1.49; the ratio of the mass (e V) of the vanadic acid compound (e) in terms of V to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (e V /d S), is in the range of 0.03 to 0.23; and the ratio of the mass (f T) of the titanium compound (f) in terms of Ti to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (f T /d S), is in the range of 0.02 to 0.19. the proportion of the solid (a S) of the resin emulsion (a) is in the range of 11% to 45% by mass with respect to the total solid of the treatment liquid; the ratio by mass of the solid of the silane coupling agent (c) to the solid of the resin emulsion (a), i.e., (c S /a S), is in the range of 1.51 to 5.35; the ratio by mass of the solid of the tetraalkoxysilane (b) to the solid of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (b S /d S), is in the range of 0.15 to 1.49; the ratio of the mass (e V) of the vanadic acid compound (e) in terms of V to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (e V /d S), is in the range of 0.03 to 0.23; and the ratio of the mass (f T) of the titanium compound (f) in terms of Ti to the mass of the solid (d S) of the chelating agent (d), i.e., (f T /d S), is in the range of 0.02 to 0.19.