The Nigeria Super Eagles have moved four places up in the rankings by the world football ruling body, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA), which was released on Thursday.
Nigeria remains tenth in Africa, while Algeria was ranked first in Africa and 19th in the world.
View the full list of the monthly FIFA Africa football world rankings:
1-19 Algeria, 2-21 Ivory Coast, 3-27 Ghana, 4-34 Tunisia, 5-39 Senegal, 6-42 Cameroon, 7-43 Congo Brazzaville, 8-50 Cape Verde, 9-52 Egypt, 10-53 Nigeria, 11-59 Democratic Republic of Congo, 12-60 Guinea, 13-62 Equatorial Guinea, 14-63 Mali15-64 Gabon, 16-71 Burkina Faso, 17-72 South Africa, 18-73 Zambia, 19-74 Uganda, 20-80 Togo, 21-82 Morocco, 22-87 Sudan, 23-89 Angola, 24-91 Rwanda, 25-94 Libya, 26-97 Mozambique, 27-98 Malawi, 28-99 Ethiopia.
29-102 Niger, 30-104 Sierra Leone, 31-108 Zimbabwe, 32-111 Namibia, 33-113 Mauritania, 34-114 Benin, 35-116 Kenya, 36-121 Botswana, 37-122 Madagascar, 38-128 Lesotho, 39-132 Swaziland, 40-132 Burundi, 41-140 Tanzania.
42-142 Gambia, 43-142 Guinea-Bissau, 44-161 Liberia, 45-169 Central African Republic, 46-172 Chad, 47-181 Mauritius, 48-185 Seychelles, 49-186 Comoros, 50-189 Sao Tome e Principe, 51-195 South Sudan, 52-203 Eritrea, 53-204 Somalia, 54-206 Djibouti.
Meanwhile, the next rankings would be released on the 3rd of September.
