RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET AFRICA RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2024 STANDINGS As at 19 December 2024										WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS AFRICA TABLE STANDINGS WORLD RUGBY 2024 As at 19 December 2024
2024	AFRICA TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016			AFRICA TABLE	2024	2023	2022	2021	2019	2018	2017	2016		Moved up
1	SOUTH AFRICA	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	SOUTH AFRICA	92.78	94.54	88.87	90.61	94.20	84.58	83.81	81.79		Moved down
2	ZIMBABWE	X	5	7	4	4	8	5		2	NAMIBIA	57.87	60.56	61.60	59.72	61.04	60.34	58.93	62.78		No Movement
3	NAMIBIA	2	2	4	2	2	2	2		3	ZIMBABWE	57.16		52.43	51.82	50.71	49.28	47.59	49.99
4	ALGERIA	X	4	13	X	8	6	10		4	KENYA	51.55	51.12	51.79	51.77	52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28
5	KENYA	3	3	6	3	3	3	3		5	UGANDA	46.87	50.38	47.25	45.85	47.85	48.34	50.69	47.44
6	UGANDA	4	6	8	5	5	4	4		6	MOROCCO	47.47					46.33	48.97	46.48
7	SENEGAL	X	8	5	7	10	9	6		7	TUNISIA	46.12	46.10				48.53	47.76	46.89
8	IVORY COAST	X	7	3	6	9	11	11		8	MADAGASCAR	45.75			46.89	45.10	46.76	46.76	47.43
9	TUNISIA	5	X	X	X	6	7	9		9	SENEGAL	43.17		43.22	47.10	44.89	44.82	45.85	48.79
10	ZAMBIA	6	X	9	8	11	13	15		10	ALGERIA	42.69		36.25	31.25
11	BURKINO FASO	X	9	11	X	X	25	X		11	IVORY COAST	41.69		46.24	47.88	47.62	47.55	45.81	45.66
12	MOROCCO	X	X	X	X	7	5	8		12	ZAMBIA	39.24	38.83		38.83	39.04	39.72	36.72	35.80
13	BOTSWANA	9	X	X	13	13	12	12		13	NIGERIA	36.82				38.42		37.71	37.03
14	MADAGASCAR	X	X	2	9	12	10	7		14	BOTSWANA	36.21	36.21			36.21	37.65	39.22	40.46
15	CAMEROUN	X	X	12	15	X	X	X		15	GHANA	34.38			33.27	32.52	31.90
16	GHANA	X	X	10	11	14	17	19		16	BURKINA FASO	31.05		31.05	31.10
17	NIGERIA	X	X	X	10	X	X	13		17	CAMEROUN	23.12			23.12	26.33
18	LESOTHO	X	X	X	X	17	16	18		X	MAURITIUS *		30.56			30.56	30.56	33.17	33.17
X	REUNION *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	ESWATINI *		26.04					32.04
X	MAURITIUS *	X	X	X	12	15	14	14		X	BURUNDI *				26.11
X	ESWATINI *	X	X	X	X	X	20	X		X	RWANDA *					29.78	29.78	30.00
X	SIERRA LEONE *	X	X	X	X	X	23	X	* Yet to qualify in 2024	*Did not qualify in 2024
X	GUINEA *	X	X	X	X	X	22	X
X	CONGO KINSHASA *	X	10	X	X	X	X	16
X	CONGO BRAZZAVILLE *	X	11	X	14	X	X	X
X	BURUNDI *	X	X	14	X	X	X	21
X	RWANDA *	X	X	X	16	16	15	17
X	TOGO *	X	X	X	X	X	18	20
X	MALAWI *	X	X	X	X	X	19	22
X	BENIN *	X	X	X	X	X	21	X
X	NIGER *	X	X	X	X	X	24	X
* Did not qualify in 2024