RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET AFRICA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 25 March 2023										WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFRICA TABLE STANDINGS WORLD RUGBY 2023 As at 20 March 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 *	88.87	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 *	61.60	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	ZIMBABWE *	52.43	52.43	51.82	50.71	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24
4	ALGERIA *	4	13	X	8	6	10	6		4	KENYA *	51.79	51.79	51.77	52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
5	ZIMBABWE *	5	7	4	4	8	5	3		5	UGANDA *	47.25	47.25	45.85	47.85	48.34	50.69	47.44	46.35
6	UGANDA *	6	8	5	5	4	4	8		6	IVORY COAST *	46.24	46.24	47.88	47.62	47.55	45.81	45.66	45.76
7	IVORY COAST *	7	3	6	9	11	11	10		7	SENEGAL *	43.22	43.22	47.10	44.89	44.82	45.85	48.79	45.96
8	SENEGAL *	8	5	7	10	9	6	11		8	ALGERIA *	36.25	36.25	31.25
9	BURKINO FASO *	9	11	X	X	25	X	15		9	BOTSWANA	36.21			36.21	37.65	39.22	40.46	40.99
10	CONGO KINSHASA *	10	X	X	X	X	16	16		X	BURKINA FASO *	31.05	31.05	31.10
11	CONGO BRAZZAVILLE *	11	X	14	X	X	X	X		X	ESWATINI	26.04					32.04		32.04
12	REUNION	X	X	X	X	X	X	25		X	MADAGASCAR *			46.89	45.10	46.76	46.76	47.43	48.71
13	MAURITIUS	X	X	12	15	14	14	12		X	ZAMBIA *			38.83	39.04	39.72	36.72	35.80	35.80
14	BOTSWANA	X	X	13	13	12	12	9		X	GHANA *			33.27	32.52	31.90
15	ESWATINI	X	X	X	X	20	X	19		X	BURUNDI *			26.11
X	MADAGASCAR *	X	2	9	12	10	7	5		X	CAMEROUN *			23.12	26.33
X	ZAMBIA *	X	9	8	11	13	15	13		X	NIGERIA *				38.42		37.71	37.03	38.05
X	GHANA *	X	10	11	14	17	19	23		X	MAURITIUS *				30.56	30.56	33.17	33.17	33.86
X	CAMEROUN *	X	12	15	X	X	X	X		X	RWANDA *				29.78	29.78	30.00
X	BURUNDI *	X	14	X	X	X	21	X		X	TUNISIA  *					48.53	47.76	46.89	49.11
X	NIGERIA *	X	X	10	X	X	13	14		X	MOROCCO *					46.33	48.97	46.48
X	RWANDA *	X	X	16	16	15	17	17		* Yet to qualify in 2023
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	X	6	7	9	7
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	GUINEA *	X	X	X	X	22	X	X
X	SIERRA LEONE *	X	X	X	X	23	X	X
X	NIGER *	X	X	X	X	24	X	21
X	MALI *	X	X	X	X	X	X	20
* Yet to qualify in 2023