FIFA tracks 199 countries and Brazil somehow still remains top of the pile while England were overtaken by Germany for he 5th spot.
Japan move up one place to 46th position. South Korea remain in 51st position.
The USA are in 31st. Croatia are 15th after their good results in Euro 2008 qualifying. Scotland are down a spot to 26th position.
Asean Football Championship semi-finalist Malaysia are in 157th spot while their opponents in the semis, Singapore takes the 126th spot.
The Full List:
1 Brazil
2 Italy
3 Argentina
4 France
5 Germany
6 England
7 The Netherlands
8 Nigeria
9 Portugal
10 Czech Republic
11 Cameroon
12 Spain
13 Ukraine
14 Sweden
15 Croatia
16 Greece
17 Switzerland
18 Côte d’Ivoire
19 Egypt
20 Romania
21 Mexico
22 Guinea
23 Denmark
24 Russia
25 Poland
26 Scotland
27 Turkey
28 Ghana
29 Ecuador
30 Uruguay
31 USA
32 Tunisia
33 Serbia
34 Colombia
35 Paraguay
36 Mali
37 Slovakia
37 Iran
39 Australia
40 Chile
41 Senegal
42 Morocco
42 Bulgaria
44 Israel
45 Uzbekistan
46 Japan
47 Northern Ireland
48 Cuba
49 Republic of Ireland
50 Norway
51 Korea Republic
52 Finland
53 Belgium
54 FYR Macedonia
55 Angola
56 Honduras
57 Jamaica
58 Bosnia-Herzegovina
59 Qatar
60 Congo DR
61 Hungary
62 Burkina Faso
63 Zambia
64 Saudi Arabia
65 Austria
66 Togo
66 Costa Rica
68 Lithuania
69 South Africa
70 Belarus
70 Peru
72 Zimbabwe
73 Venezuela
74 Wales
74 Cyprus
76 Kuwait
77 Slovenia
78 Cape Verde Islands
78 Algeria
80 Panama
81 Canada
82 Iraq
83 China PR
84 Oman
85 Moldova
86 Albania
87 Trinidad and Tobago
88 United Arab Emirates
89 Congo
90 Latvia
91 Ethiopia
92 Haiti
93 Iceland
94 Jordan
95 Georgia
96 Gabon
97 Bahrain
98 Libya
99 Barbados
100 Guyana
101 Bolivia
102 Uganda
103 Malawi
104 St. Vincent and the Grenadines
105 Guatemala
106 Estonia
107 Botswana
108 Equatorial Guinea
109 Tanzania
110 Lebanon
111 Syria
112 Liberia
113 Sudan
114 Surinam
115 Benin
115 Namibia
117 Hong Kong
117 Malta
119 Rwanda
120 Burundi
121 Bermuda
122 Mauritania
123 Armenia
124 Thailand
125 Tajikistan
126 Singapore
127 Azerbaijan
128 Kenya
129 Mozambique
130 Seychelles
131 Palestine
131 New Zealand
133 Korea DPR
134 Vietnam
135 Gambia
136 Dominican Republic
137 Antigua & Barbuda
138 Kyrgyzstan
139 Eritrea
140 Yemen
141 Chad
142 Kazakhstan
143 St Kitts & Nevis
144 Mauritius
145 Sri Lanka
145 Myanmar
147 Bahamas
148 Niger
149 Indonesia
150 Laos
151 Bangladesh
151 Swaziland
151 Sierra Leone
154 Fiji
155 Turkmenistan
156 El Salvador
157 Malaysia
157 India
159 Liechtenstein
160 Maldives
160 St Lucia
160 Solomon Islands
163 Grenada
164 Lesotho
165 Andorra
166 Chinese Taipei
167 Vanuatu
168 Nicaragua
169 Turks and Caicos Islands
170 Nepal
171 Pakistan
172 Netherlands Antilles
173 Tahiti
174 Brunei Darussalam
175 New Caledonia
176 Cambodia
177 Papua New Guinea
178 Philippines
178 Afghanistan
180 Central African Republic
181 Mongolia
181 Faroe Islands
181 Dominica
184 Madagascar
185 Macau
186 Luxembourg
187 Comoros
188 Samoa
189 Tonga
190 Cayman Islands
191 Bhutan
192 British Virgin Islands
192 Guinea-Bissau
194 Somalia
195 San Marino
196 Puerto Rico
197 Anguilla
198 Cook Islands
199 Timor-Leste
199 Belize
199 Djibouti
199 São Tomé e PrÃÂncipe
199 Aruba
199 US Virgin Islands
199 Monserrat
199 Guam
199 American Samoa
Fifa
How the rankings are calculated:
Match Result: – Win-Draw-Defeat = 3 points – 1 points – 0 points
Importance of match – 1 (friendly match) to 4 (FIFA World Cupâ„¢)
Strength of opponent – Position in world ranking (no. 1 = 2.00, no. 30 = 1.70, no. 118 = 0.82 etc.) Formula: [200 minus Position] / 100
Regional strength – Based on results in last three FIFA World Cups (wins per confederation per match)
Period – Since the change to the FIFA World Ranking procedure which came into effect in August 2006 the rankings will no longer take into account the last eight years of results only the last four years of results.
Last four years, gradual decline in importance of results: 100%- 50% – 30% – 20%
Number of matches considered per year – Average points gained from all matches in last 12 months (minimum: 5 matches)
