FIFA World Ranking UPDATE September 21, 2023 – next release October 26, 2023. The FIFA ranking indicates the strength of each country. The world ranking football is one of the factors that determines the ‘pot’ classification for the 2026 World Cup draw(s), starting with regard to the 2026 World Cup qualification.

FIFA Men’s Ranking	Country	Points	Previous
1	Argentina	1851.41	1843.73
2	France	1840.76	1843.54
3	Brazil	1837.61	1828.27
4	England	1794.34	1797.39
5	Belgium	1792.64	1788.55
6	Croatia	1747.83	1742.55
7	Netherlands	1743.15	1731.23
8	Portugal	1728.58	1718.25
9	Italy	1727.37	1726.58
10	Spain	1710.72	1703.45
11	USA	1678.71	1674.48
12	Mexico	1661.46	1665.59
13	Morocco	1658.32	1655.5
14	Switzerland	1654.11	1661.12
15	Germany	1637.9	1636.32
16	Colombia	1629.6	1624.91
17	Uruguay	1626.51	1633.13
18	Denmark	1606.84	1597.37
19	Japan	1605.2	1595.96
20	Senegal	1597.01	1612.61
21	IR Iran	1561.26	1556.59
22	Peru	1551.91	1561.2
23	Sweden	1538.84	1547.11
24	Ukraine	1538.42	1541.25
25	Austria	1537.36	1528.06
26	Korea Republic	1533.01	1529.3
27	Australia	1531.72	1530.45
28	Serbia	1529.49	1539.03
29	Tunisia	1525.23	1516.66
30	Poland	1524.61	1536.99
31	Scotland	1522.67	1520.24
32	Hungary	1517.73	1504.57
33	Wales	1510.52	1506.04
34	Algeria	1509.5	1511.23
35	Egypt	1508.93	1509.89
36	Chile	1504.75	1511.31
37	Czechia	1500.44	1503.69
38	Ecuador	1497.66	1486.47
39	Russia	1495.53	1495.53
40	Nigeria	1488.86	1486.48
41	Cameroon	1475.6	1470.97
42	Türkiye	1475.4	1484.47
43	Norway	1470.88	1458.47
44	Canada	1458.58	1458.58
45	Panama	1452.25	1453.94
46	Costa Rica	1452.1	1453.56
47	Romania	1448.02	1443.98
48	Slovakia	1442.84	1447.05
49	Mali	1441.72	1438.01
50	Côte d’Ivoire	1437.89	1433.38
51	Greece	1437.26	1441.06
52	Paraguay	1432.08	1442.64
53	Venezuela	1422.83	1417.23
54	Finland	1418.43	1419.47
55	Republic of Ireland	1416.32	1426.26
56	Jamaica	1413.73	1409.73
57	Saudi Arabia	1412.82	1421.46
58	Burkina Faso	1408.87	1419.18
59	Slovenia	1404.72	1391.04
60	Ghana	1400	1391.13
61	Qatar	1395.57	1395.57
62	Albania	1377.47	1357.39
63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1370.37	1381.1
64	Congo DR	1369.59	1350.11
65	South Africa	1368.25	1368.25
66	North Macedonia	1362.95	1350.53
67	Iceland	1351.93	1352.98
68	Montenegro	1349.34	1343.45
69	Iraq	1347.38	1345.21
70	United Arab Emirates	1342.43	1336.28
71	Cabo Verde	1337.29	1354.65
72	Israel	1336.34	1323.81
73	Oman	1334.37	1332.45
74	Northern Ireland	1333.2	1361.17
75	Uzbekistan	1328.35	1327.58
76	El Salvador	1307	1325.47
77	Honduras	1305.78	1309.23
78	Bulgaria	1300.74	1315.48
79	Georgia	1299.32	1312.8
80	China PR	1297.25	1304.78
81	Guinea	1293.11	1296.75
82	Zambia	1289.63	1293.77
83	Bolivia	1287.86	1295.09
84	Jordan	1286.36	1296.26
85	Luxembourg	1273.55	1262.72
86	Bahrain	1273.54	1282.05
87	Haiti	1270.76	1272.64
88	Gabon	1270.55	1285.25
89	Uganda	1259.97	1250.32
90	Curaçao	1259.4	1267.87
91	Armenia	1254.47	1252.6
92	Equatorial Guinea	1248.98	1251.83
93	Syria	1245.81	1241.62
94	Benin	1245.44	1248.13
95	Vietnam	1243.14	1238.23
96	Kyrgyz Republic	1228.6	1224.8
97	Palestine	1224.05	1233.02
98	Trinidad and Tobago	1217.24	1199.74
99	Mauritania	1207.39	1205.18
100	Kazakhstan	1206.94	1198.24
101	Lebanon	1205.56	1205.77
102	India	1204.88	1208.69
103	Guatemala	1200.18	1186.71
104	Aotearoa New Zealand	1199.04	1199.04
105	Belarus	1198.22	1212.28
106	Guinea-Bissau	1190.88	1178.93
107	Congo	1189.9	1190.63
108	Madagascar	1187.8	1186.09
109	Kenya	1184.14	1191.07
110	Tajikistan	1183.01	1179.54
111	Kosovo	1181.91	1179.69
112	Thailand	1181.21	1174.37
113	Mozambique	1179.03	1164.25
114	Namibia	1172.41	1172.41
115	Estonia	1172.25	1179.3
116	Korea DPR	1169.96	1169.96
117	Angola	1167.7	1169.07
118	The Gambia	1160.55	1159.82
119	Togo	1158.24	1140.88
120	Cyprus	1155.95	1163.73
121	Azerbaijan	1147.69	1143.22
122	Tanzania	1146.46	1138.79
123	Malawi	1144.29	1140.65
124	Sierra Leone	1144.16	1156.11
125	Zimbabwe	1138.56	1138.56
126	Libya	1133.6	1130.75
127	Central African Republic	1126.72	1133.5
128	Niger	1120.01	1129.67
129	Comoros	1118.62	1119.99
130	Sudan	1109.22	1116.21
131	Faroe Islands	1106.52	1126.3
132	Philippines	1099.29	1095.66
133	Solomon Islands	1097.61	1097.61
134	Malaysia	1094.9	1091.57
135	Kuwait	1093.38	1090.42
136	Latvia	1089.99	1096.19
137	Antigua and Barbuda	1089.3	1107.51
138	Nicaragua	1089.02	1076.11
139	Rwanda	1087.03	1089.46
140	Turkmenistan	1086.12	1089.77
141	Burundi	1080.43	1085.06
142	Ethiopia	1072.54	1074.47
143	Lithuania	1072.21	1069.97
144	Eswatini	1065.69	1058.19
145	Suriname	1063.06	1073.57
146	St Kitts and Nevis	1058.06	1066.81
147	Indonesia	1052.87	1047.46
148	Hong Kong, China	1052.26	1049.74
149	Botswana	1050.69	1054.31
150	Liberia	1047.85	1049.94
151	Dominican Republic	1036.11	1036.74
152	Lesotho	1034.18	1038.68
153	Andorra	1024.58	1022.3
154	Chinese Taipei	1023.66	1028.18
155	Maldives	1021.85	1021.85
156	Yemen	1020.37	1020.37
157	Singapore	1016.47	1014.78
158	Afghanistan	1014.25	1020.32
159	Moldova	1010.1	990.73
160	Puerto Rico	1008.23	993.8
161	Myanmar	1004.46	1000.26
162	Papua New Guinea	1003.28	1003.28
163	New Caledonia	995.58	995.58
164	Tahiti	995.11	995.11
165	Guyana	994.45	981.69
166	St Lucia	987.66	978.91
167	South Sudan	986.56	983.35
168	Vanuatu	986.44	986.44
169	Cuba	981.15	968.29
170	Fiji	980.48	980.48
171	Malta	972.02	972.86
172	Barbados	969.91	984.05
173	Grenada	959.17	960.77
174	Bermuda	958.48	966.27
175	Nepal	953.85	958.05
176	St Vincent and the Grenadines	953.6	938.28
177	Cambodia	948.64	942.97
178	Mauritius	942.64	936.09
179	Montserrat	939.88	938.02
180	Belize	932.44	939.96
181	Chad	930.22	930.22
182	Dominica	911.33	904.88
183	Mongolia	908.71	908.71
184	Bhutan	905.78	900.65
185	Macau	903.89	913.68
186	Laos	899.58	899.58
187	Cook Islands	899.33	899.33
188	São Tomé and Príncipe	897.69	900.07
189	Bangladesh	894.23	892.44
190	Djibouti	889.2	889.2
191	Brunei Darussalam	887.58	891.12
192	Timor-Leste	860.45	860.45
193	Aruba	858.5	850.88
194	Somalia	854.72	854.72
195	Seychelles	853.5	856.71
196	Cayman Islands	851.59	859.83
197	Pakistan	847.67	847.67
198	Gibraltar	845.4	851.64
199	Liechtenstein	843.63	848.82
200	Bahamas	841.84	852.87
201	Guam	838.33	838.33
202	Sri Lanka	825.25	825.25
203	Turks and Caicos Islands	824.93	839.39
204	US Virgin Islands	817.21	816.59
205	British Virgin Islands	812.12	804.11
206	Anguilla	785.69	785.69
207	San Marino	750.27	753.11

The FIFA men’s ranking has existed since 1992. A new ranking is released several times per football season. The score includes qualifying matches for continental finals, the finals themselves, the World Cup and friendly international matches, among other things. Part of the method of weighting the awarded points and achievements is also ensuring that all countries have as many equal opportunities as possible.

Each country can get points per game played, but can also decrease in number of points. There are several weighting factors. How many points can be scored in a match between two countries depends, among other things, on the importance of that match. This is determined according to a (fairly complex) methodology of the World Football Association that takes into account the creation of the mentioned equal opportunities for all countries.

World Ranking (partly) determines the World Cup draw

This ranking of all countries worldwide in football also partly determines the draws for the World Cup. First, the draw for the qualification stage takes place (the preliminary draw), concerning all continental football zones CONCACAF (North America, Central America, and the Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), CAF (Africa), AFC (Asia), UEFA (Europe), and OFC (Oceania), in 2025 followed by the official 2026 World Cup Final Round Draw.

Men’s World Ranking football: how does it work?

Qualifying matches for the several continental and World Championships, international friendlies and matches at the World Cup and those in a continental final round, count. The FIFA ranking gives an indication of the strength of each country. More recent achievements and points count more heavily than those from the distant past.

This the current FIFA Ranking: world ranking football

Find here the most recent update of the FIFA Men’s World Ranking (September 21, 2023). The next release of FIFA is on October 26, 2023.

Source: FIFA.