OBJECTIVES: To examine the socioeconomic inequalities regarding the self-rated health status in 2006 and in 2011. Thus, a comparison between the findings will highlight the changes concerning this topic in times of economic crisis. METHODS: The research is based on two cross-sectional surveys, which took place in 2006 and in 2011, and the sample size was 4003 and 6569 respectively. Moreover, a random, stratified sampling was applied in both cases, which took into account the age, the gender, the urbanization rate and the geographical region. RESULTS: Initially, the self-rated health status was measured with a Likert scale (1: very bad, 2: bad, 3: moderate, 4: good, 5: very good). However, it was dichotomized into two major scales (0: very bad, bad and moderate, 1: good and very good), in order to facilitate the methodology. Afterwards, the Concentration Index (Ranking Variable: Income) was estimated at 0.08 in 2006. The same procedure was repeated in 2011, and the new Concentration Index was approximately 0.07. CONCLUSIONS: Despite the fact that the small positive values of this index (which approximate the zero) do not indicate important inequalities, there are some key conclusions concerning these findings. Specifically, it is noteworthy that the high-income people seem to have a higher health status. In addition, the decrease of the Concentration Index in 2011 highlights the impact of economic crisis on health status of middle and upper class.