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Self-sufficiency is the objective of every agricultural country. This study determined the self-sufficiency in rice status of the Philippines by analyzing the fourteen rice-producing regions in the Philippines from 1992 to 2012. The researcher raised three hypotheses. Results of the analysis showed rejection of these three hypotheses implying that (1) Input factors affect production, consumption, and importation; (2) CAR and Central Visayas are the two most productive and efficient regions; and (3) Rice production and rice importation affect rice selfsufficiency positively, while rice consumption affects rice self-sufficiency negatively. Overall, the Philippines is not rice self-sufficient due to increasing gap between production and consumption.