RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2021 STANDINGS As at 18 December, 2021												WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2021 STANDINGS As at 18 December, 2021 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2021	WORLD TABLE	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013			WORLD TABLE	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013		Moved up
1	IRELAND	3	6	1	5	2	7	1	9		1	SOUTH AFRICA	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66	88.23	89.34		Moved down
2	ENGLAND	1	2	3	1	3	5	8	7		2	NEW ZEALAND	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78	96.10	93.70	93.61		No Movement
3	SOUTH AFRICA	X	1	5	7	7	3	3	2		3	ENGLAND	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77	84.85	85.70
4	SCOTLAND	4	7	9	2	9	9	5	4		4	IRELAND	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17	85.48	79.33
5	FRANCE	2	8	8	8	11	8	11	8		5	FRANCE	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77	79.66	80.87
6	NEW ZEALAND	6	3	2	4	1	1	4	1		6	AUSTRALIA	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35	89.33	82.95	86.88
7	WALES	8	4	4	6	6	4	2	6		7	SCOTLAND	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94	78.78	76.56
8	AUSTRALIA	5	9	6	3	8	2	9	3		8	WALES	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49	81.64	80.19
9	ARGENTINA	7	13	10	10	10	6	6	12		9	ARGENTINA	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91	82.59	78.23	76.44
10	FIJI	9	10	7	12	12	12	12	15		10	JAPAN	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22	77.05	74.70	72.06
11	GEORGIA	10	11	14	15	14	14	15	10		11	FIJI	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46	76.96	74.57	74.21
12	JAPAN	X	5	13	9	13	10	13	5		12	GEORGIA	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45	70.76	69.07
13	PORTUGAL	17	26	30	30	22	25	22	20		13	SAMOA	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25	70.36	75.39	77.34
14	SPAIN	11	18	18	19	18	23	21	22		14	ITALY	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74	71.19	73.13
15	CHILE	X	27	24	22	25	34	X	26		15	ROMANIA	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59	67.38	67.47
16	RUSSIA	14	16	21	20	28	20	19	19		16	TONGA	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94	71.60	74.12	73.21
17	ROMANIA	15	21	20	14	16	17	17	16		17	UNITED STATES	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64	68.66	67.61	67.41
18	NAMIBIA	X	17	26	24	20	19	26	X		18	URUGUAY	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66	62.11	63.58	60.77
19	ITALY	13	14	12	11	5	11	7	13		19	SPAIN	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17	61.96	60.65	60.62
20	URUGUAY	12	12	19	17	19	21	18	21		20	PORTUGAL	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34	58.56	59.37
21	UNITED STATES	X	20	11	21	26	16	16	14		21	CANADA	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95	62.65	66.83	70.75
22	CANADA	X	25	22	18	27	18	20	17		22	CHILE	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08	56.92		55.44
23	BELGIUM	16	23	16	29	X	X	24	24		23	NAMIBIA	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75
24	SAMOA	X	15	17	16	15	13	10	11		24	RUSSIA	58.60	62.12	63.09	65.20	64.12	63.25	63.54	64.12	61.14
25	TONGA	X	19	15	13	4	15	14	18		25	NETHERLANDS	56.82
26	NETHERLANDS	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		26	BELGIUM	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94			54.50	55.72
27	COLOMBIA	X	32	35	35	33	X	28	X		27	BRAZIL	53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67	48.44		50.95
28	KENYA	X	29	28	26	21	22	X	X		28	COLOMBIA	51.87		51.92	49.84	48.36	47.97		46.37
29	ZIMBABWE	X	30	33	33	31	26	25	X		29	ZIMBABWE	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24	55.83
30	BRAZIL	18	24	23	28	23	35	X	27		30	KENYA	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
X	HONG KONG  *	X	22	27	25	29	24	23	23		X	HONG KONG			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50	57.17	55.79	56.53
X	GERMANY  *	X	28	25	23	17	27	27	X		X	SOUTH KOREA			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70
X	SOUTH KOREA  *	X	31	31	31	24	28	X	X		X	SWITZERLAND			52.60	53.24
X	MEXICO  *	X	33	37	36	34	X	29	28		X	IVORY COAST			47.57	46.59
X	PARAGUAY  *	X	34	36	34	32	33	X	X		X	MEXICO			47.55	45.66	45.12	45.62		41.47	39.38
X	SWITZERLAND  *	X	35	40	X	X	X	X	X		X	PARAGUAY			46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46	50.46
X	IVORY COAST  *	X	36	41	X	X	X	X	X		X	MALAYSIA			46.12	46.26			43.53
X	GIBRALTAR  *	X	37	43	X	X	X	X	X		X	CAYMAN ISLANDS			42.99
X	MALAYSIA  *	X	38	X	X	X	30	X	X		X	GERMANY			54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69	56.32
X	CAYMAN ISLANDS  *	X	39	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	TUNISIA				48.53	47.26		49.11		48.25
X	BERMUDA  *	X	40	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	UGANDA				48.34	50.69	47.44
X	UGANDA *	X	X	29	27	30	X	X	X		X	MOROCCO				46.33
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	32	32	X	29	X	25		X	COOK ISLANDS				45.11
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	34	X	X	X	X	X		X	SENEGAL				44.82	45.85	48.79
X	SENEGAL *	X	X	39	38	X	X	X	X		X	GUYANA				43.15
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	42	X	X	X	X	X		X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA						39.27
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	X	44	X	X	X	X	X		X	KAZAKHSTAN							48.14
X	GUYANA *	X	X	45	X	X	X	X	X		X	MADAGASCAR									51.13
X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *	X	X	38	37	35	X	X	X		X	SRI LANKA									49.66
X	ALGERIA *	X	X	X	X	X	31	X	X		X	POLAND									52.32
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	X	X	X	X	X	32	X	X
X	MADAGASCAR *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	29
X	SRI LANKA *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	30
X	POLAND *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	31
	* Yet to play in 2021