RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET AFRICA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 17 December 2023										WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFRICA TABLE STANDINGS WORLD RUGBY 2023 As at 20 December 2023
2023	AFRICA TABLE	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015			AFRICA TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015		Moved up
1	SOUTH AFRICA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	SOUTH AFRICA	94.54	88.87	90.61	94.20	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66		Moved down
2	NAMIBIA	2	4	2	2	2	2	2		2	NAMIBIA	60.56	61.60	59.72	61.04	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75		No Movement
3	KENYA	3	6	3	3	3	3	4		3	KENYA	51.12	51.79	51.77	52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
4	UGANDA	6	8	5	5	4	4	8		4	UGANDA	50.38	47.25	45.85	47.85	48.34	50.69	47.44	46.35
5	TUNISIA	X	X	X	6	7	9	7		5	TUNISIA	46.10				48.53	47.76	46.89	49.11
6	ZAMBIA	X	9	8	11	13	15	13		6	ZAMBIA	38.83		38.83	39.04	39.72	36.72	35.80	35.80
7	REUNION	X	X	X	X	X	X	25		7	BOTSWANA	36.21			36.21	37.65	39.22	40.46	40.99
8	MAURITIUS	X	X	12	15	14	14	12		8	MAURITIUS	30.56			30.56	30.56	33.17	33.17	33.86
9	BOTSWANA	X	X	13	13	12	12	9		9	ESWATINI	26.04					32.04		32.04
10	ESWATINI	X	X	X	X	20	X	19		X	ZIMBABWE *		52.43	51.82	50.71	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24
11	SIERRA LEONE	X	X	X	X	23	X	X		X	IVORY COAST *		46.24	47.88	47.62	47.55	45.81	45.66	45.76
12	GUINEA	X	X	X	X	22	X	X		X	SENEGAL *		43.22	47.10	44.89	44.82	45.85	48.79	45.96
X	ALGERIA *	4	13	X	8	6	10	6		X	ALGERIA *		36.25	31.25
X	ZIMBABWE *	5	7	4	4	8	5	3		X	BURKINA FASO *		31.05	31.10
X	IVORY COAST *	7	3	6	9	11	11	10		X	MADAGASCAR *			46.89	45.10	46.76	46.76	47.43	48.71
X	SENEGAL *	8	5	7	10	9	6	11		X	GHANA *			33.27	32.52	31.90
X	BURKINO FASO *	9	11	X	X	25	X	15		X	BURUNDI *			26.11
X	CONGO KINSHASA *	10	X	X	X	X	16	16		X	CAMEROUN *			23.12	26.33
X	CONGO BRAZZAVILLE *	11	X	14	X	X	X	X		X	NIGERIA *				38.42		37.71	37.03	38.05
X	MADAGASCAR *	X	2	9	12	10	7	5		X	RWANDA *				29.78	29.78	30.00
X	GHANA *	X	10	11	14	17	19	23		X	MOROCCO *					46.33	48.97	46.48
X	CAMEROUN *	X	12	15	X	X	X	X	* Did not qualify in 2023
X	BURUNDI *	X	14	X	X	X	21	X
X	NIGERIA *	X	X	10	X	X	13	14
X	RWANDA *	X	X	16	16	15	17	17
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	X	7	5	8	X
X	LESOTHO *	X	X	X	17	16	18	18
X	TOGO *	X	X	X	X	18	20	24
X	MALAWI *	X	X	X	X	19	22	X
X	BENIN *	X	X	X	X	21	X	22
X	NIGER *	X	X	X	X	24	X	21
X	MALI *	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
* Did not qualify in 2023