A vehicle information display device that displays, on an in-vehicle display, an image captured by a rear-view camera that captures an image an outside area behind a vehicle, the vehicle information display device comprising: an image processing unit that receives data of the image captured by the rear-view camera and performs predetermined image processing on the data of the image; a display switching unit that switches a display of a monitor screen provided in a vehicle, in accordance with an output from a driving operation information unit that detects a position of a shift lever; and an environment determination unit that predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle, based on one or more of an output from a front-view camera that captures an image of an outside area ahead of the vehicle, an output from a vehicle speed sensor, and an output from an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of a driver, characterized in that when the environment determination unit predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle when the shift lever is in a position other than the reverse position, the rear-view camera is switched from a stopped state to an activated state, and the image processing unit starts the predetermined image processing on the data of the image received from the rear-view camera in the activated state, so that an image captured by the rear-view camera is ready to be output from an image processing unit, and when the display switching unit receives, from the driving operation information unit, a movement signal indicating that the shift lever has been moved to a reverse position, the display switching unit switches the display of the monitor screen provided in the vehicle to an output image from the image processing unit. an image processing unit that receives data of the image captured by the rear-view camera and performs predetermined image processing on the data of the image; a display switching unit that switches a display of a monitor screen provided in a vehicle, in accordance with an output from a driving operation information unit that detects a position of a shift lever; and an environment determination unit that predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle, based on one or more of an output from a front-view camera that captures an image of an outside area ahead of the vehicle, an output from a vehicle speed sensor, and an output from an in-vehicle camera that captures an image of a driver, characterized in that when the environment determination unit predicts an occurrence of a backward movement of the vehicle when the shift lever is in a position other than the reverse position, the rear-view camera is switched from a stopped state to an activated state, and the image processing unit starts the predetermined image processing on the data of the image received from the rear-view camera in the activated state, so that an image captured by the rear-view camera is ready to be output from an image processing unit, and when the display switching unit receives, from the driving operation information unit, a movement signal indicating that the shift lever has been moved to a reverse position, the display switching unit switches the display of the monitor screen provided in the vehicle to an output image from the image processing unit.