Fifa's World Rankings for October 2022 were published on October 6 at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
There are a few changes in the top 20 positions from August 2022. Brazil though remain in first place ahead of Belgium and Copa America winners Argentina.
France are fourth, followed by England, Euro 2020 winners Italy, Spain, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Denmark.
Senegal the winners of the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations are still the top African team in 18th place. Wales are 19th with the USA in 16th place (down two).
Australia are in 38th up one place from August; Japan remain in 24th position. Near neighbors, South Korea are 28th on the list. Scotland rise to 40th up five places from August.
The Republic of Ireland are in 49th place, Northern Ireland are 59th, down one. The lowest-ranked team is San Marino in 211th place.
| Ranking | Team |
| 1 | Brazil |
| 2 | Belgium |
| 3 | Argentina |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Italy |
| 7 | Spain |
| 8 | The Netherlands |
| 9 | Portugal |
| 10 | Denmark |
| 11 | Germany |
| 12 | Croatia |
| 13 | Mexico |
| 14 | Uruguay |
| 15 | Switzerland |
| 16 | USA |
| 17 | Colombia |
| 18 | Senegal |
| 19 | Wales |
| 20 | Iran |
| 21 | Serbia |
| 22 | Morocco |
| 23 | Peru |
| 24 | Japan |
| 25 | Sweden |
| 26 | Poland |
| 27 | Ukraine |
| 28 | Korea Republic |
| 29 | Chile |
| 30 | Tunisia |
| 31 | Costa Rica |
| 32 | Nigeria |
| 33 | Russia |
| 34 | Austria |
| 35 | Czechia |
| 36 | Hungary |
| 37 | Algeria |
| 38 | Australia |
| 39 | Egypt |
| 40 | Scotland |
| 41 | Canada |
| 42 | Norway |
| 43 | Cameroon |
| 44 | Ecuador |
| 45 | Turkey |
| 46 | Mali |
| 47 | Paraguay |
| 48 | Côte d'Ivoire |
| 49 | Republic of Ireland |
| 50 | Qatar |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia |
| 52 | Greece |
| 53 | Romania |
| 54 | Burkina Faso |
| 55 | Slovakia |
| 56 | Finland |
| 57 | Venezuela |
| 58 | Bosnia-Herzegovina |
| 59 | Northern Ireland |
| 60 | Panama |
| 61 | Ghana |
| 62 | Iceland |
| 63 | Slovenia |
| 64 | Jamaica |
| 65 | North Macedonia |
| 66 | Albania |
| 67 | South Africa |
| 68 | Iraq |
| 69 | Montenegro |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates |
| 71 | Cabo Verde (Cape Verde Islands) |
| 72 | Bulgaria |
| 73 | Congo DR |
| 74 | El Salvador |
| 75 | Oman |
| 76 | Israel |
| 77 | Uzbekistan |
| 78 | Georgia |
| 79 | China |
| 80 | Honduras |
| 81 | Gabon |
| 82 | Bolivia |
| 83 | Guinea |
| 84 | Jordan |
| 85 | Bahrain |
| 86 | Curacao (formerly Netherlands Antilles) |
| 87 | Haiti |
| 88 | Zambia |
| 89 | Uganda |
| 90 | Syria |
| 91 | Benin |
| 92 | Luxembourg |
| 93 | Armenia |
| 94 | Palestine |
| 95 | Kyrgyz Republic |
| 96 | Vietnam |
| 97 | Belarus |
| 98 | Equatorial Guinea |
| 99 | Lebanon |
| 100 | Congo |
| 101 | Kenya |
| 102 | Madagascar |
| 103 | Mauritania |
| 104 | Trinidad & Tobago |
| 105 | New Zealand |
| 106 | India |
| 107 | Kosovo |
| 108 | Tajikistan |
| 109 | Estonia |
| 110 | Cyprus |
| 111 | Thailand |
| 112 | Korea DPR |
| 113 | Kazakhstan |
| 114 | Mozambique |
| 115 | Namibia |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau |
| 117 | Sierra Leone |
| 118 | Guatemala |
| 119 | Angola |
| 120 | Libya |
| 121 | Niger |
| 122 | Faroe Islands |
| 123 | Azerbaijan |
| 124 | Malawi |
| 125 | Zimbabwe |
| 126 | Gambia |
| 127 | Togo |
| 128 | Sudan |
| 129 | Comoros |
| 130 | Tanzania |
| 131 | Antigua & Barbuda |
| 132 | Central African Republic |
| 133 | Philippines |
| 134 | Latvia |
| 135 | Turkmenistan |
| 136 | Solomon Islands |
| 137 | Rwanda |
| 138 | Ethiopia |
| 139 | Suriname |
| 140 | St Kitts and Nevis |
| 141 | Burundi |
| 142 | Nicaragua |
| 143 | Swaziland (Eswatini) |
| 144 | Lithuania |
| 145 | Hong Kong |
| 146 | Malaysia |
| 147 | Lesotho |
| 148 | Botswana |
| 149 | Kuwait |
| 150 | Liberia |
| 151 | Andorra |
| 152 | Indonesia |
| 153 | Dominican Republic |
| 154 | Maldives |
| 155 | Yemen |
| 156 | Afghanistan |
| 157 | Chinese Taipei |
| 158 | Myanmar |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea |
| 160 | Singapore |
| 161 | New Caledonia |
| 162 | Tahiti |
| 163 | Fiji |
| 164 | Vanuatu |
| 165 | South Sudan |
| 166 | Barbados |
| 167 | Cuba |
| 168 | Malta |
| 169 | Bermuda |
| 170 | Puerto Rico |
| 171 | Guyana |
| 172 | St Lucia |
| 173 | Grenada |
| 174 | Moldova |
| 175 | Nepal |
| 176 | Belize |
| 177 | Cambodia |
| 178 | St Vincent and the Grenadines |
| 179 | Montserrat |
| 180 | Mauritius |
| 181 | Chad |
| 182 | Macau |
| 183 | Mongolia |
| 184 | Dominica |
| 185 | Bhutan |
| 186 | São Tomé e Príncipe |
| 187 | Laos |
| 188 | American Samoa |
| 189 | Cook Islands |
| 190 | Brunei Darussalam |
| 191 | Samoa |
| 192 | Bangladesh |
| 193 | Djibouti |
| 194 | Pakistan |
| 195 | Caymen Islands |
| 196 | Liechtenstein |
| 197 | Tonga |
| 198 | Timor Leste |
| 199 | Seychelles |
| 200 | Eritrea |
| 201 | Aruba |
| 202 | Bahamas |
| 203 | Somalia |
| 204 | Gibraltar |
| 205 | Guam |
| 206 | Turks & Caicos Islands |
| 207 | Sri Lanka |
| 208 | US Virgin Islands |
| 209 | British Virgin Islands |
| 210 | Anguilla |
| 211 | San Marino |
Source: www.fifa.com
Match Result: - Win-Draw-Defeat = 3 points - 1 points - 0 points
Importance of match - 1 (friendly match) to 4 (FIFA World Cup™)
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)