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Latest FIFA Ranking: Nigeria third in Africa

FIFA has ranked Nigeria third in its latest rankings for African countries.

• May 28, 2021

FIFA has ranked Nigeria third in its latest rankings for African countries, published in Zurich, Switzerland, on Thursday.

World RankingAfrican RankingCountries
221Senegal
262Tunisia
323Nigeria
334Algeria
345Morocco
466Egypt
497Ghana
558Cameroon
579Mali
5910Còte d'Ivoire
6011Burkina Faso
6112DR Congo
7213Guinea
7314Cabo Verde
7515South Africa
8216Benin
8417Uganda
8718Zambia
8819Gabon
9420Congo
10021Madagascar
10122Mauritania
10223Kenya
10724Zimbabwe
10825Guinea Bissau
11126Namibia
11227Niger
11428Sierra Leone
11529Malawi
11730Mozambique
11831Central African Republic
11932Libya
12333Sudan
12634Angola
12935Rwanda
13136Comoros
13237Equatorial Guinea
13338Togo
13739Tanzania
14040Ethiopia
14241Burundi
14642Lesotho
15043Botswana
15144Liberia
15245Gambia
15446Eswatini
16947South Sudan
17248Mauritius
17949Chad
18350Djibouti
19051Sào Tomè and Príncipe
19752Somalia
20053Seychelles
20354Eritrea

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