The following are the latest FIFA rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.
World ranking African ranking Countries
22 1 Senegal
26 2 Tunisia
32 3 Nigeria
33 4 Algeria
34 5 Morocco
46 6 Egypt
49 7 Ghana
55 8 Cameroon
57 9 Mali
59 10 Côte d’Ivoire
60 11 Burkina Faso
61 12 DR Congo
72 13 Guinea
73 14 Cabo Verde
75 15 South Africa
82 16 Benin
84 17 Uganda
87 18 Zambia
88 19 Gabon
94 20 Congo
100 21 Madagascar
101 22 Mauritania
102 23 Kenya
107 24 Zimbabwe
108 25 Guinea-Bissau
111 26 Namibia
112 27 Niger
114 28 Sierra Leone
115 29 Malawi
117 30 Mozambique
118 31 Central African Republic
119 32 Libya
123 33 Sudan
126 34 Angola
129 35 Rwanda
131 36 Comoros
132 37 Equatorial Guinea
133 38 Togo
137 39 Tanzania
140 40 Ethiopia
142 41 Burundi
146 42 Lesotho
150 43 Botswana
151 44 Liberia
152 45 Gambia
154 46 Eswatini
169 47 South Sudan
172 48 Mauritius
179 49 Chad
183 50 Djibouti
190 51 São Tomé and Príncipe
197 52 Somalia
200 53 Seychelles
203 54 Eritrea