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Ah, the FIFA World Rankings. It’s the subject of pub discussions all over the planet - just who is the best international team in the world?
Every four years we get a World Cup to determine who the planet’s best team is. But what about those teams who peak between competitions or fall victim to a shock result during the tournament?
Who is top of the current FIFA World Rankings?
The rankings in full
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| Rank | Country | Change | Previous | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Argentina | - | 1 | 1,887.08 (+26.94) |
| 2 | France | - | 2 | 1,847.42 (+9.95) |
| 3 | Spain | ↑5 | 8 | 1,820.39 (+90.47) |
| 4 | England | ↑1 | 5 | 1,803.07 (+15.19) |
| 5 | Belgium | ↓2 | 3 | 1,798.40 (+0.42) |
| 6 | Brazil | ↓2 | 4 | 1,785.52 (-6.33) |
| 7 | Netherlands | - | 7 | 1,747.95 (+1.29) |
| 8 | Portugal | ↓2 | 6 | 1,731.95 (-15.09) |
| 9 | Colombia | ↑3 | 12 | 1,726.55 (+57.11) |
| 10 | Croatia | ↓1 | 9 | 1,717.70 (-10.60) |
| 11 | Uruguay | ↑3 | 14 | 1,713.24 (+49.80) |
| 12 | Italy | ↓2 | 10 | 1,707.43 (-16.94) |
| 13 | Germany | ↑3 | 16 | 1,674.78 (+28.00) |
| 14 | Morocco | ↓2 | 12 | 1,669.44 |
| 15 | USA | ↓4 | 11 | 1,641.84 (-34.68) |
| 16 | Switzerland | ↑3 | 19 | 1,640.84 (+23.60) |
| 17 | Mexico | ↓2 | 15 | 1,635.06 (-17.27) |
| 18 | Japan | ↓1 | 17 | 1,628.81 |
| 19 | Senegal | ↓1 | 18 | 1,623.34 |
| 20 | Denmark | ↑1 | 21 | 1,613.02 (+2.26) |
| 21 | IR Iran | ↓1 | 20 | 1,611.16 |
| 22 | Austria | ↑3 | 25 | 1,600.01 (+39.98) |
| 23 | Ukraine | ↑1 | 24 | 1,586.77 (+21.40) |
| 24 | Korea Republic | ↓2 | 22 | 1,572.87 |
| 25 | Australia | ↓2 | 23 | 1,571.29 |
| 26 | Poland | - | 26 | 1,533.94 (-7.55) |
| 27 | Hungary | - | 27 | 1,532.41 (+3.41) |
| 28 | Ecuador | ↑2 | 30 | 1,529.04 (+11.50) |
| 29 | Türkiye | ↑13 | 42 | 1,522.61 (+29.23) |
| 30 | Sweden | ↓2 | 28 | 1,522.19 |
| 31 | Wales | ↓2 | 29 | 1,521.40 |
| 32 | Serbia | - | 32 | 1,515.39 (+0.63) |
| 33 | Russia | - | 33 | 1,506.58 |
| 34 | Panama | ↑9 | 43 | 1,505.10 (+23.00) |
| 35 | Qatar | - | 35 | 1,504.06 |
| 36 | Egypt | - | 36 | 1,502.34 |
| 37 | Venezuela | ↑17 | 54 | 1,501.41 (+59.12) |
| 38 | Côte d'Ivoire | ↓1 | 37 | 1,499.69 |
| 39 | Nigeria | ↓1 | 38 | 1,498.93 |
| 40 | Canada | ↑8 | 48 | 1,494.60 (+32.86) |
| 41 | Tunisia | - | 41 | 1,494.06 |
| 42 | Chile | ↓2 | 40 | 1,489.44 (-6.69) |
| 43 | Peru | ↓12 | 31 | 1,488.27 (-26.74) |
| 44 | Scotland | ↓5 | 39 | 1,484.12 (-13.06) |
| 45 | Czechia | ↓11 | 34 | 1,482.73 (-23.50) |
| 46 | Algeria | ↓2 | 44 | 1,474.13 |
| 47 | Costa Rica | ↑5 | 52 | 1,469.57 (+15.37) |
| 48 | Norway | ↓2 | 46 | 1,466.48 |
| 49 | Cameroon | - | 49 | 1,458.47 |
| 50 | Mali | - | 50 | 1,456.74 |
| 51 | Greece | - | 51 | 1,455.95 |
| 52 | Romania | ↓5 | 47 | 1,454.74 (-7.61) |
| 53 | Slovakia | ↓8 | 45 | 1,453.55 (-14.22) |
| 54 | Slovenia | ↑3 | 57 | 1,451.53 (+21.79) |
| 55 | Iraq | - | 55 | 1,433.07 |
| 56 | Saudi Arabia | - | 56 | 1,431.30 |
| 57 | South Africa | ↑2 | 59 | 1,415.15 (-1.51) |
| 58 | Republic of Ireland | ↑2 | 60 | 1,403.84 |
| 59 | Jamaica | ↓6 | 53 | 1,401.51 (-41.31) |
| 60 | Congo DR | ↑1 | 61 | 1,400.93 |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | ↑1 | 62 | 1,397.41 |
| 62 | Paraguay | ↓4 | 58 | 1,394.23 (-32.88) |
| 63 | Finland | - | 63 | 1,393.40 |
| 64 | Albania | ↑2 | 66 | 1,382.55 (+3.15) |
| 65 | Ghana | ↓1 | 64 | 1,381.25 |
| 66 | Cabo Verde | ↓1 | 65 | 1,380.53 |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | - | 67 | 1,375.16 |
| 68 | Jordan | - | 68 | 1,374.13 |
| 69 | Georgia | ↑5 | 74 | 1,373.38 (+34.47) |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | ↓1 | 69 | 1,368.84 |
| 71 | Iceland | ↓1 | 70 | 1,353.48 |
| 72 | North Macedonia | ↓1 | 71 | 1,348.63 |
| 73 | Montenegro | ↓1 | 72 | 1,345.02 |
| 74 | Northern Ireland | ↓1 | 73 | 1,341.33 |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 75 | 1,332.30 |
| 76 | Oman | - | 76 | 1,326.18 |
| 77 | Guinea | - | 77 | 1,324.80 |
| 78 | Honduras | - | 78 | 1,313.05 |
| 79 | Israel | - | 79 | 1,312.54 |
| 80 | El Salvador | - | 80 | 1,303.65 |
| 81 | Bahrain | - | 81 | 1,302.86 |
| 82 | Bulgaria | - | 82 | 1,295.50 |
| 83 | Gabon | - | 83 | 1,288.45 |
| 84 | Luxembourg | ↑1 | 85 | 1,276.73 |
| 85 | Haiti | ↑1 | 86 | 1,274.46 |
| 86 | Curaçao | ↑1 | 87 | 1,272.71 |
| 87 | China PR | ↑1 | 88 | 1,267.51 |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | ↑1 | 89 | 1,260.50 |
| 89 | Bolivia | ↓5 | 84 | 1,259.50 (-22.93) |
| 90 | Angola | ↑2 | 92 | 1,255.65 (+6.71) |
| 91 | Benin | - | 91 | 1,254.18 |
| 92 | Zambia | ↓2 | 90 | 1,249.54 (-8.86) |
| 93 | Syria | - | 93 | 1,246.68 |
| 94 | Uganda | - | 94 | 1,242.96 |
| 95 | Aotearoa New Zealand | ↑12 | 107 | 1,231.38 (+33.70) |
| 96 | Palestine | ↓1 | 95 | 1,231.25 |
| 97 | Armenia | ↓1 | 96 | 1,230.79 |
| 98 | Namibia | ↓1 | 97 | 1,220.17 (+0.34) |
| 99 | Belarus | ↓1 | 98 | 1,219.78 |
| 100 | Trinidad and Tobago | ↓1 | 99 | 1,219.44 |
| 101 | Thailand | ↓1 | 100 | 1,218.56 |
| 102 | Kyrgyz Republic | ↓1 | 101 | 1,213.58 |
| 103 | Tajikistan | ↓1 | 102 | 1,212.41 |
| 104 | Mozambique | ↓1 | 103 | 1,207.63 (+1.81) |
| 105 | Madagascar | ↓1 | 104 | 1,203.66 |
| 106 | Kosovo | ↓1 | 105 | 1,203.16 |
| 107 | Guatemala | ↓1 | 106 | 1,199.21 |
| 108 | Kenya | - | 108 | 1,197.73 (+2.28) |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | - | 109 | 1,193.62 |
| 110 | Korea DPR | - | 110 | 1,183.96 |
| 111 | Azerbaijan | - | 111 | 1,179.88 |
| 112 | Mauritania | - | 112 | 1,177.50 |
| 113 | Congo | - | 113 | 1,176.45 |
| 114 | Tanzania | - | 114 | 1,174.99 |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | - | 115 | 1,168.49 |
| 116 | Vietnam | - | 116 | 1,168.02 |
| 117 | Lebanon | - | 117 | 1,167.64 |
| 118 | Libya | - | 118 | 1,165.73 |
| 119 | Comoros | - | 119 | 1,159.84 (+1.13) |
| 120 | Togo | - | 120 | 1,158.70 |
| 121 | Sudan | - | 121 | 1,152.29 |
| 122 | Sierra Leone | - | 122 | 1,149.40 |
| 123 | Estonia | - | 123 | 1,146.47 |
| 124 | India | - | 124 | 1,139.39 |
| 125 | Malawi | - | 125 | 1,137.83 |
| 126 | Cyprus | - | 126 | 1,136.78 |
| 127 | Central African Republic | - | 127 | 1,129.30 |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | ↑1 | 129 | 1,126.15 (+3.61) |
| 129 | Niger | ↓1 | 128 | 1,125.50 |
| 130 | Nicaragua | - | 130 | 1,119.88 |
| 131 | Rwanda | - | 131 | 1,114.15 |
| 132 | The Gambia | - | 132 | 1,112.55 |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | - | 133 | 1,111.02 |
| 134 | Indonesia | - | 134 | 1,108.73 |
| 135 | Malaysia | - | 135 | 1,107.58 |
| 136 | Lithuania | - | 136 | 1,100.66 |
| 137 | Kuwait | - | 137 | 1,098.42 |
| 138 | Latvia | - | 138 | 1,095.98 |
| 139 | Faroe Islands | - | 139 | 1,093.70 |
| 140 | Burundi | - | 140 | 1,091.24 |
| 141 | Suriname | - | 141 | 1,087.77 |
| 142 | Liberia | - | 142 | 1,067.05 |
| 143 | Ethiopia | - | 143 | 1,066.16 |
| 144 | Turkmenistan | - | 144 | 1,065.42 |
| 145 | Botswana | - | 145 | 1,063.63 (-0.56) |
| 146 | St Kitts and Nevis | - | 146 | 1,059.53 |
| 147 | Philippines | - | 147 | 1,053.03 |
| 148 | Antigua and Barbuda | - | 148 | 1,052.80 |
| 149 | Lesotho | - | 149 | 1,046.55 (-4.28) |
| 150 | Dominican Republic | - | 150 | 1,045.64 |
| 151 | Afghanistan | - | 151 | 1,034.37 |
| 152 | Moldova | - | 152 | 1,033.75 |
| 153 | Guyana | - | 153 | 1,026.61 |
| 154 | Eswatini | - | 154 | 1,025.28 (+0.10) |
| 155 | Yemen | - | 155 | 1,021.24 |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | - | 156 | 1,020.22 |
| 157 | Fiji | ↑9 | 166 | 1,016.69 (+32.88) |
| 158 | Hong Kong, China | ↓1 | 157 | 1,011.91 |
| 159 | New Caledonia | ↓1 | 158 | 1,008.92 |
| 160 | Singapore | ↓1 | 159 | 1,008.26 |
| 161 | Maldives | ↓1 | 160 | 1,003.48 |
| 162 | Tahiti | ↓1 | 161 | 1,002.86 (+3.38) |
| 163 | Papua New Guinea | ↑2 | 165 | 1,000.61 (+15.29) |
| 164 | Andorra | ↓2 | 162 | 996.05 |
| 165 | Chinese Taipei | ↓2 | 163 | 991.34 |
| 166 | Myanmar | ↓2 | 164 | 988.98 |
| 167 | Vanuatu | ↑3 | 170 | 983.87 (+11.73) |
| 168 | South Sudan | ↓1 | 167 | 980.02 |
| 169 | St Lucia | ↓1 | 168 | 979.57 |
| 170 | Cuba | ↓1 | 169 | 975.01 |
| 171 | Bermuda | - | 171 | 971.15 |
| 172 | Malta | - | 172 | 970.62 |
| 173 | Grenada | - | 173 | 953.67 |
| 174 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 174 | 938.4 |
| 175 | Nepal | - | 175 | 935.93 |
| 176 | Montserrat | - | 176 | 934.46 |
| 177 | Barbados | - | 177 | 932.64 |
| 178 | Chad | - | 178 | 929.97 |
| 179 | Mauritius | - | 179 | 927.94 |
| 180 | Cambodia | - | 180 | 924.52 |
| 181 | Dominica | ↑1 | 182 | 912.93 |
| 182 | Bhutan | ↑1 | 183 | 904.1 |
| 183 | Belize | ↑1 | 184 | 901.43 |
| 184 | Bangladesh | ↑1 | 185 | 896.67 |
| 185 | Macau | ↑1 | 186 | 896.62 |
| 186 | Cook Islands | ↑1 | 187 | 896.59 |
| 187 | American Samoa | ↑1 | 188 | 890.97 |
| 188 | Samoa | ↓7 | 181 | 890.34 (-30.20) |
| 189 | Laos | - | 189 | 889.62 |
| 190 | Mongolia | - | 190 | 884.92 |
| 191 | Brunei Darussalam | - | 191 | 881.73 |
| 192 | São Tomé and Príncipe | - | 192 | 878.09 |
| 193 | Djibouti | - | 193 | 875.13 |
| 194 | Aruba | - | 194 | 873.9 |
| 195 | Cayman Islands | - | 195 | 865.34 |
| 196 | Timor-Leste | - | 196 | 843.4 |
| 197 | Pakistan | - | 197 | 842.59 |
| 198 | Gibraltar | - | 198 | 836.14 |
| 199 | Liechtenstein | - | 199 | 835.83 |
| 200 | Tonga | - | 200 | 833.12 |
| 201 | Seychelles | - | 201 | 831.19 (-0.77) |
| 202 | Somalia | - | 202 | 829.81 |
| 203 | Bahamas | - | 203 | 823.58 |
| 204 | Guam | - | 204 | 821.91 |
| 205 | Sri Lanka | - | 205 | 820.32 |
| 206 | Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 206 | 817.03 |
| 207 | British Virgin Islands | - | 207 | 801.29 |
| 208 | US Virgin Islands | - | 208 | 797.29 |
| 209 | Anguilla | - | 209 | 779.86 |
| 210 | San Marino | - | 210 | 739.64 |
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