RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2023 STANDINGS As at 20 November 2023											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2023 STANDINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru As at 20 November  2023 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2023	WORLD TABLE	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015			WORLD TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015		Moved up
1	SOUTH AFRICA	4	3	X	1	5	7	7	3		1	SOUTH AFRICA	94.54	88.97	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79	87.66		Moved down
2	NEW ZEALAND	3	6	6	3	2	4	1	1		2	IRELAND	90.57	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62	81.17		No Movement
3	IRELAND	2	1	3	6	1	5	2	7		3	NEW ZEALAND	89.80	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78	96.10
4	ENGLAND	5	2	1	2	3	1	3	5		4	FRANCE	87.81	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13	79.77
5	ARGENTINA	10	9	7	13	10	10	10	6		5	ENGLAND	85.46	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46	79.77
6	FRANCE	1	5	2	8	8	8	11	8		6	SCOTLAND	83.43	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67	77.94
7	SCOTLAND	9	4	4	7	9	2	9	9		7	ARGENTINA	80.68	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91	82.59
8	WALES	8	7	8	4	4	6	6	4		8	WALES	80.64	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55	83.49
9	AUSTRALIA	7	8	5	9	6	3	8	2		9	AUSTRALIA	77.48	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35	89.33
10	PORTUGAL	19	13	17	26	30	30	22	25		10	FIJI	76.38	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46	76.96
11	FIJI	13	10	9	10	7	12	12	12		11	ITALY	75.93	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47	72.74
12	GEORGIA	6	11	10	11	14	15	14	14		12	JAPAN	74.27	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22	77.05
13	ITALY	11	19	13	14	12	11	5	11		13	PORTUGAL	72.78	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96	56.34
14	JAPAN	14	12	X	5	13	9	13	10		14	GEORGIA	72.68	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14	71.45
15	SAMOA	12	24	X	15	17	16	15	13		15	SAMOA	72.23	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25	70.36
16	TONGA	15	25	X	19	15	13	4	15		16	TONGA	71.57	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94	71.60
17	UNITED STATES	20	21	X	20	11	21	26	16		17	UNITED STATES	67.94	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64	68.66
18	ROMANIA	18	17	15	21	20	14	16	17		18	URUGUAY	67.39	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66	62.11
19	SPAIN	16	14	11	18	18	19	18	23		19	ROMANIA	63.28	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39	66.59
20	URUGUAY	17	20	12	12	19	17	19	21		20	SPAIN	62.86	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17	61.96
21	NAMIBIA	23	18	X	17	26	24	20	19		21	CANADA	60.90	60.46	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95	62.65
22	CHILE	21	15	X	27	24	22	25	34		22	NAMIBIA	60.56	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78	61.75
23	CANADA	24	22	X	25	22	18	27	18		23	CHILE	60.49	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08	56.92
24	NETHERLANDS	28	26	X	X	X	X	X	X		24	HONG KONG CHINA	59.80	59.66			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50	57.17
25	HONG KONG CHINA	29	X	X	22	27	25	29	24		25	NETHERLANDS	55.84	53.12	56.82
26	GERMANY	X	X	X	28	25	23	17	27		26	BRAZIL	55.37		53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67	48.44
27	BELGIUM	25	23	16	23	16	29	X	X		27	BELGIUM	54.58	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94
28	POLAND	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		28	SOUTH KOREA	53.46	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50	56.70
29	BRAZIL	X	30	18	24	23	28	23	35		29	GERMANY	52.32				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99	56.69
30	SOUTH KOREA	31	X	X	31	31	31	24	28		30	POLAND	51.54
31	MALAYSIA	32	X	X	38	X	X	X	30		31	MALAYSIA	45.82	46.12			46.12	46.26			43.53
X	RUSSIA  *	22	16	14	16	21	20	28	20		X	RUSSIA *		58.06	58.60	62.12	63.09	65.20	64.12	63.25	63.54
X	ALGERIA *	26	X	X	X	X	X	X	31		X	ZIMBABWE *		52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99	53.24
X	ZIMBABWE  *	27	29	X	30	33	33	31	26		X	KENYA *		51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28	55.89
X	KENYA *	30	28	X	29	28	26	21	22		X	UGANDA *		47.25				48.34	50.69	47.44
X	UGANDA *	33	X	X	X	29	27	30	X		X	IVORY COAST *		46.24			47.57	46.59
X	SENEGAL *	34	X	X	X	39	38	X	X		X	SENEGAL *		43.22				44.82	45.85	48.79
X	IVORY COAST  *	35	X	X	36	41	X	X	X		X	ALGERIA *		36.25
X	BURKINA FASO *	36	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	BURKINA FASO *		31.05
X	BERMUDA  *	37	X	X	40	X	X	X	X		X	COLOMBIA *			51.87		51.92	49.84	48.36	47.97
X	GIBRALTAR  *	38	X	X	37	43	X	X	X		X	SWITZERLAND *					52.60	53.24
X	JAMAICA *	39	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	MEXICO *					47.55	45.66	45.12	45.62
X	COLOMBIA  *	X	27	X	32	35	35	33	X		X	PARAGUAY *					46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46	50.46
X	MEXICO  *	X	X	X	33	37	36	34	X		X	CAYMAN ISLANDS *					42.99
X	PARAGUAY  *	X	X	X	34	36	34	32	33		X	TUNISIA *						48.53	47.26		49.11
X	SWITZERLAND  *	X	X	X	35	40	X	X	X		X	MOROCCO *						46.33
X	CAYMAN ISLANDS  *	X	X	X	39	X	X	X	X		X	COOK ISLANDS *						45.11
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	X	X	32	32	X	29		X	GUYANA *						43.15
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	X	X	34	X	X	X		X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *								39.27
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	X	42	X	X	X		X	KAZAKHSTAN *									48.14
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	X	X	X	44	X	X	X	* Did not qualify in 2023
X	GUYANA *	X	X	X	X	45	X	X	X
X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *	X	X	X	X	38	37	35	X
X	KAZAKHSTAN *	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	32
	* Did not qualify in 2023