FIFA World Ranking UPDATE December 22, 2022 – next release April 6, 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	Brazil	1840.77	1841.3
2	Argentina	1838.38	1773.88
3	France	1823.39	1759.78
4	Belgium	1781.3	1816.71
5	England	1774.19	1728.47
6	Netherlands	1740.92	1694.51
7	Croatia	1727.62	1645.64
8	Italy	1723.56	1726.14
9	Portugal	1702.54	1676.56
10	Spain	1692.71	1715.22
11	Morocco	1672.35	1563.5
12	Switzerland	1655.02	1635.92
13	USA	1652.74	1627.48
14	Germany	1646.91	1650.21
15	Mexico	1635.78	1644.89
16	Uruguay	1627.45	1638.71
17	Colombia	1612.78	1611.04
18	Denmark	1608.11	1666.57
19	Senegal	1603.98	1584.38
20	Japan	1593.08	1559.54
21	Peru	1564.3	1561.01
22	Poland	1559.83	1548.59
23	Sweden	1558.45	1553.33
24	IR Iran	1551.73	1564.61
25	Korea Republic	1539.49	1530.3
26	Ukraine	1536.99	1536.99
27	Australia	1533.97	1488.72
28	Wales	1530.28	1569.82
29	Serbia	1526.46	1563.62
30	Tunisia	1526.2	1507.54
31	Chile	1506.91	1509.61
32	Costa Rica	1500.18	1503.59
33	Cameroon	1499.3	1471.44
34	Austria	1497.24	1492.95
35	Nigeria	1494.32	1498.47
36	Hungary	1493.33	1492.2
37	Russia	1491.26	1496.11
38	Czechia	1490.61	1492.21
39	Egypt	1490.34	1486.44
40	Algeria	1486.72	1489.1
41	Ecuador	1477.32	1464.39
42	Scotland	1476.94	1479.53
43	Norway	1475.05	1473.04
44	Türkiye	1465.38	1460.14
45	Mali	1449.05	1448.85
46	Paraguay	1445.06	1448.77
47	Côte d’Ivoire	1441.49	1443.06
48	Republic of Ireland	1438.59	1440.19
49	Saudi Arabia	1438.13	1437.78
50	Burkina Faso	1434.81	1432.25
51	Greece	1433.59	1437.6
52	Romania	1432.64	1434.68
53	Canada	1431.64	1475
54	Slovakia	1425.58	1425.59
55	Venezuela	1406.1	1404.37
56	Finland	1405.71	1405.6
57	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1403.51	1403.51
58	Ghana	1400.02	1393
59	Northern Ireland	1396.55	1396.55
60	Qatar	1393.56	1439.89
61	Panama	1391.7	1393.28
62	Slovenia	1389.06	1384.04
63	Iceland	1380.35	1384.41
64	Jamaica	1379.29	1378.86
65	North Macedonia	1355.28	1358.51
66	Albania	1353.03	1354.11
67	South Africa	1350.36	1349.59
68	Iraq	1342.39	1343.01
69	Montenegro	1339.15	1341.03
70	United Arab Emirates	1338.48	1337.57
71	Bulgaria	1336.71	1335.36
72	Cabo Verde	1336.05	1336.05
73	Congo DR	1333.92	1333.92
74	El Salvador	1326.86	1330.51
75	Oman	1321.24	1320.29
76	Israel	1315.67	1316.55
77	Uzbekistan	1312.64	1309.98
78	Georgia	1305.98	1307.34
79	Gabon	1305.47	1301.84
80	China PR	1305.06	1305.06
81	Honduras	1300.78	1301.98
82	Bolivia	1294.96	1296.28
83	Guinea	1290.47	1290.47
84	Jordan	1289.99	1289.99
85	Bahrain	1280.27	1280.64
86	Curaçao	1278.64	1278.64
87	Haiti	1269.07	1269.07
88	Zambia	1265.15	1267.41
89	Uganda	1260.69	1260.69
90	Syria	1251.46	1255.92
91	Benin	1247.47	1247.47
92	Luxembourg	1245.35	1243.8
93	Palestine	1233.72	1233.72
94	Kyrgyz Republic	1232.91	1230.22
95	Armenia	1231.76	1233.93
96	Vietnam	1228.63	1226.65
97	Belarus	1221.68	1221.06
98	Equatorial Guinea	1215.66	1215.66
99	Congo	1208.79	1208.79
100	Lebanon	1208.47	1211.71
101	Kenya	1202.26	1202.26
102	Madagascar	1200.74	1200.74
103	Mauritania	1197.58	1197.58
104	Trinidad and Tobago	1195.29	1195.29
105	New Zealand	1193.98	1193.98
106	India	1192.09	1192.09
107	Kosovo	1187.03	1187.01
108	Tajikistan	1187.02	1185.7
109	Estonia	1186.27	1184.64
110	Cyprus	1185.17	1183.82
111	Thailand	1173.4	1174.92
112	Korea DPR	1169.96	1169.96
113	Namibia	1164.13	1164.13
114	Mozambique	1163.56	1165.22
115	Kazakhstan	1163.09	1166.63
116	Sierra Leone	1160.31	1160.31
117	Angola	1158.81	1155.9
118	Guinea-Bissau	1158.77	1160.71
119	Guatemala	1157.56	1156.7
120	Libya	1156.74	1154.25
121	Azerbaijan	1151.82	1146.72
122	Niger	1148.53	1152.8
123	Faroe Islands	1146.31	1147.17
124	Malawi	1144.97	1144.97
125	Zimbabwe	1138.56	1138.56
126	The Gambia	1137.57	1137.47
127	Togo	1128.92	1128.92
128	Sudan	1127.34	1127.34
129	Comoros	1123.18	1123.18
130	Tanzania	1119.89	1119.89
131	Antigua and Barbuda	1117.01	1117.01
132	Central African Republic	1116.97	1116.97
133	Latvia	1116.96	1114.21
134	Philippines	1113.15	1115.13
135	Turkmenistan	1100.47	1100.47
136	Solomon Islands	1095.7	1095.7
137	Rwanda	1093.66	1093.66
138	Ethiopia	1091.19	1091.19
139	Suriname	1077.3	1077.3
140	St Kitts and Nevis	1076.91	1076.91
141	Burundi	1075.27	1076.26
142	Nicaragua	1071.74	1071.83
143	Eswatini	1070.89	1070.89
144	Lithuania	1069.12	1069.75
145	Malaysia	1066.6	1062.32
146	Hong Kong	1062.39	1062.39
147	Lesotho	1061.4	1061.4
148	Kuwait	1056.64	1053.41
149	Botswana	1054.43	1056.46
150	Liberia	1049.66	1049.66
151	Indonesia	1033.9	1033.9
152	Dominican Republic	1031.86	1031.86
153	Andorra	1031.13	1035.2
154	Yemen	1023.52	1023.52
155	Afghanistan	1023.04	1023.04
156	Maldives	1021.18	1026.09
157	Chinese Taipei	1021.02	1017.78
158	Papua New Guinea	1007.46	1007.46
159	Myanmar	1006.16	1007.89
160	Singapore	1006.1	1003.5
161	New Caledonia	995.58	995.58
162	Tahiti	995.11	995.11
163	Fiji	989.43	989.43
164	Vanuatu	985.62	985.62
165	South Sudan	983.99	983.99
166	Barbados	982.27	982.27
167	Malta	978.95	977.92
168	Cuba	978.65	978.65
169	Bermuda	977.47	977.47
170	Puerto Rico	974.32	974.32
171	Guyana	968.74	968.74
172	St Lucia	964.73	965.66
173	Grenada	963.72	963.72
174	Moldova	958.88	961.23
175	Nepal	956.94	954.86
176	Belize	950.88	950.88
177	Cambodia	946.66	948.62
178	St Vincent and the Grenadines	945.25	945.25
179	Montserrat	940.78	940.78
180	Mauritius	932.02	932.02
181	Chad	930.22	930.22
182	Macau	922.1	922.1
183	Mongolia	913.55	913.55
184	Dominica	911.51	911.51
185	Bhutan	910.96	910.96
186	São Tomé and Príncipe	908.18	908.18
187	Laos	905.51	905.51
188	American Samoa	900.27	900.27
189	Cook Islands	899.33	899.33
190	Brunei Darussalam	898.02	898.41
191	Samoa	894.26	894.26
192	Bangladesh	884.45	884.45
193	Djibouti	875.05	875.05
194	Cayman Islands	865.72	865.72
195	Pakistan	864.72	866.81
196	Tonga	861.81	861.81
197	Timor-Leste	860.45	860.06
198	Liechtenstein	859.84	862.39
199	Seychelles	859.56	859.56
200	Gibraltar	858.04	852.16
201	Eritrea	855.56	855.56
202	Aruba	855.37	855.37
203	Bahamas	854.8	854.8
204	Somalia	854.72	854.72
205	Guam	838.33	838.33
206	Turks and Caicos Islands	832	832
207	Sri Lanka	825.25	825.25
208	US Virgin Islands	823.97	823.97
209	British Virgin Islands	809.32	809.32
210	Anguilla	790.74	790.74
211	San Marino	763.15	762.22

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 (December 22, 2022). The next release of FIFA is on April 6, 2023.

Source: FIFA.