OBJECTIVES: To describe and compare general population self-reported health and EuroQol EQ-5D-3L values in 2005 and 2009 Argentina national risk factors survey. METHODS: The 2005 and 2009 waves included 41,392 and 34,732 adults, randomly selected from all Argentine provinces with a probabilistic multi-stage sample design. We report general population summary data  on health status (EQ-5D-3L and the general health question of SF-36) as well as of different sociodemographics subgroups. Argentine time-trade off (TTO) and visual analog scale (VAS) values (V) weights were used. A descriptive analysis was done. 2005 results were compared to 2009 using Rao-Scott chi-square or regression analysis.  RESULTS: Good or better self reported health was similar in 2005 and 2009 (80.1 vs. 80.7%). More people reported no limitations in all EQ-5D domains in 2009 vs. 2009 (61 vs. 57%; p<0.001). Mean values in 2005 vs. 2009 were: VAS 75.3 vs. 75.9; p=<.001; TTO 0.89 vs. 0.91; p==<.001; VAS-V 0.86 vs. 0.88; p=<.001. 63 vs. 66% of males and 52 vs. 56% of females; 71 vs. 77% of 18-24y; and 37 vs. 36% of 65+y; 63 vs. 69% in the higher education category reported no limitations. VAS; TTO; and VAS-V 2005 vs. 2009 in subjects without limitations: 82.4; 1; 1 vs. 82.4; 1; 1; while in subjects with any limitation figures were 66.5; 0.76; 0.69 vs. 66.2; 0.76; 0.69. CONCLUSIONS: In this analysis of the first two waves of Argentina National Risk Factors Survey, we found a small secular trend between 2005 and 2009, showing slightly better self reported health in 2009. There are few population surveys in our region that incorporated health status measures and did it in a periodic basis. These results can serve as a benchmark for future population studies and also as inputs for cost-utility analysis of health technologies in Argentina and Latin America.