Africa FIFA World Ranking Latest Update [2022]

After a remarkable run in Qatar, Morocco, was ranked 11th in the world and is the best ranked team in Africa, surpassing Senegal.

They defeated Belgium, Canada, Spain, and Portugal in their route to becoming the first African team to reach the World Cup semifinals.

Ghana Black Stars rose three places in the world rankings from 61st to 58th following their victories against Switzerland and South Korea.

Brazil is still placed as the first team in the world in FIFA’s latest Men’s Ranking. Argentina, the 2022 FIFA World Cup champions, came in second, followed by France, the runners-up.

How to Calculate FIFA World Ranking

In 2018 FIFA introduced a new model to calculate the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, after approval by the FIFA Council.

The new model developed by FIFA was named “SUM” as it relies on adding/subtracting points won or lost for a game to/from the previous point totals rather than averaging game points over a given time period as in the previous version of the World Ranking.

The points which are added or subtracted are partially determined by the relative strength of the two opponents, including the logical expectation that teams higher in the ranking should fare better against teams lower in the ranking.

The Latest Africa FIFA Ranking after World Cup (Top 50)

RK		Team	Total Points	Previous Points	+/-	Position in Africa
11		Morocco	1672.35	1563.5	108.85	1
19		Senegal	1603.98	1584.38	19.60	2
30		Tunisia	1526.2	1507.54	18.66	3
33		Cameroon	1499.3	1471.44	27.86	4
35		Nigeria	1494.32	1498.47	-4.15	5
39		Egypt	1490.34	1486.44	3.90	6
40		Algeria	1486.72	1489.1	-2.38	7
45		Mali	1449.05	1448.85	0.20	8
47		Côte d’Ivoire	1441.49	1443.06	-1.57	9
50		Burkina Faso	1434.81	1432.25	2.56	10
58		Ghana	1400.02	1393	7.02	11
67		South Africa	1350.36	1349.59	0.77	12
72		Cabo Verde	1336.05	1336.05	0.00	13
73		Congo DR	1333.92	1333.92	0.00	14
79		Gabon	1305.47	1301.84	3.63	15
83		Guinea	1290.47	1290.47	0.00	16
88		Zambia	1265.15	1267.41	-2.26	17
89		Uganda	1260.69	1260.69	0.00	18
91		Benin	1247.47	1247.47	0.00	19
98		Equatorial Guinea	1215.66	1215.66	0.00	20
99		Congo	1208.79	1208.79	0.00	21
101		Kenya	1202.26	1202.26	0.00	22
102		Madagascar	1200.74	1200.74	0.00	23
103		Mauritania	1197.58	1197.58	0.00	24
113		Namibia	1164.13	1164.13	0.00	25
114		Mozambique	1163.56	1165.22	-1.66	26
116		Sierra Leone	1160.31	1160.31	0.00	27
117		Angola	1158.81	1155.9	2.91	28
118		Guinea-Bissau	1158.77	1160.71	-1.94	29
120		Libya	1156.74	1154.25	2.49	30
122		Niger	1148.53	1152.8	-4.27	31
124		Malawi	1144.97	1144.97	0.00	32
125		Zimbabwe	1138.56	1138.56	0.00	33
126		The Gambia	1137.57	1137.47	0.10	34
127		Togo	1128.92	1128.92	0.00	35
128		Sudan	1127.34	1127.34	0.00	36
129		Comoros	1123.18	1123.18	0.00	37
130		Tanzania	1119.89	1119.89	0.00	38
132		Central African Republic	1116.97	1116.97	0.00	39
137		Rwanda	1093.66	1093.66	0.00	40
138		Ethiopia	1091.19	1091.19	0.00	41
141		Burundi	1075.27	1076.26	-0.99	42
143		Eswatini	1070.89	1070.89	0.00	43
147		Lesotho	1061.4	1061.4	0.00	44
149		Botswana	1054.43	1056.46	-2.03	45
150		Liberia	1049.66	1049.66	0.00	46
165		South Sudan	983.99	983.99	0.00	47
180		Mauritius	932.02	932.02	0.00	48
181		Chad	930.22	930.22	0.00	49
186		São Tomé and Príncipe	908.18	908.18	0.00	50