FIFA World Rankings: Argentina are the World Cup holders - but are they ranked number one by FIFA?

FIFA World Rankings in full: Where every country ranks in world football

July 18, 2024 Sports 19 Views

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?

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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

How are the FIFA World Rankings decided?

The FIFA World Rankings use a points system to order the teams, with points awarded based on results from FIFA-recognised full international matches. It has evolved over time since 1992, with the current ELO rating system coming in from August 2018. This system takes into account a number of factors, including results, match types, performance, home advantage and strength of opponents in an effort to give the fairest ranking possible.

Where are England in the FIFA World Rankings?

After their Euro 2024 final defeat to Spain, England sit fourth in the current FIFA World Rankings. That puts them one place below their Spanish conquerers and one above of Brazil who suffered a disappointing Copa America.

England are yet to top the ranking, with their highest position being third, which they have achieved in 2012, 2021 and 2023. Their lowest was a woeful 27th in February 1996.