RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2024 STANDINGS As at 17 March 2024											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2024 STANDINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru As at 18 March 2024 Note: World Rugby update their rankings on Mondays Greenich MT
2024	WORLD TABLE	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016			WORLD TABLE	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016		Moved up
1	SOUTH AFRICA *	1	4	3	X	1	5	7	7		1	SOUTH AFRICA *	94.54	94.54	88.97	90.61		94.19	84.58	83.81	81.79		Moved down
2	NEW ZEALAND *	2	3	6	6	3	2	4	1		2	IRELAND	90.69	90.57	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62		No Movement
3	FRANCE	6	1	5	2	8	8	8	11		3	NEW ZEALAND *	89.80	89.80	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78
4	ENGLAND	4	5	2	1	2	3	1	3		4	FRANCE	87.92	87.81	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13
5	IRELAND	3	2	1	3	6	1	5	2		5	ENGLAND	85.75	85.46	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46
6	ITALY	13	11	19	13	14	12	11	5		6	SCOTLAND	82.82	83.43	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67
7	SCOTLAND	7	9	4	4	7	9	2	9		7	ARGENTINA *	80.68	80.68	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91
8	ARGENTINA *	5	10	9	7	13	10	10	10		8	ITALY	79.41	75.93	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47
9	WALES	8	8	7	8	4	4	6	6		9	AUSTRALIA *	77.48	77.48	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35
10	AUSTRALIA *	9	7	8	5	9	6	3	8		10	WALES	77.26	80.64	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55
11	GEORGIA	12	6	11	10	11	14	15	14		11	FIJI *	76.38	76.38	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46
12	PORTUGAL	10	19	13	17	26	30	30	22		12	JAPAN *	74.27	74.27	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22
13	SPAIN	19	16	14	11	18	18	19	18		13	GEORGIA	74.02	72.68	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14
14	ROMANIA	18	18	17	15	21	20	14	16		14	SAMOA *	72.23	72.23	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25
15	NETHERLANDS	24	28	26	X	X	X	X	X		15	TONGA *	71.57	71.57	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94
16	GERMANY	26	X	X	X	28	25	23	17		16	PORTUGAL	70.28	72.78	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96
17	BELGIUM	27	25	23	16	23	16	29	X		17	UNITED STATES *	67.94	67.94	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64
18	FIJI *	11	13	10	9	10	7	12	12		18	URUGUAY *	67.39	67.39	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66
19	JAPAN  *	14	14	12	X	5	13	9	13		19	SPAIN	64.37	62.86	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17
20	SAMOA  *	15	12	24	X	15	17	16	15		20	ROMANIA	61.66	63.28	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39
21	TONGA  *	16	15	25	X	19	15	13	4		21	CANADA *	60.90	60.90	60.46	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95
22	UNITED STATES  *	17	20	21	X	20	11	21	26		22	NAMIBIA *	60.56	60.56	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78
23	URUGUAY  *	20	17	20	12	12	19	17	19		23	CHILE *	60.49	60.49	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08
24	NAMIBIA  *	21	23	18	X	17	26	24	20		24	HONG KONG CHINA *	59.80	59.80	59.66			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50
25	CHILE  *	22	21	15	X	27	24	22	25		25	NETHERLANDS	57.29	55.84	53.12	56.82
26	CANADA  *	23	24	22	X	25	22	18	27		26	BELGIUM	55.89	54.58	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94
27	HONG KONG CHINA *	25	29	X	X	22	27	25	29		27	BRAZIL  *	55.37	55.37		53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67
28	POLAND	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		28	SOUTH KOREA *	53.46	53.46	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50
29	BRAZIL  *	29	X	30	18	24	23	28	23		29	GERMANY	52.42	52.32				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99
30	SOUTH KOREA  *	30	31	X	X	31	31	31	24		30	POLAND	49.93	51.54
31	MALAYSIA  *	31	32	X	X	38	X	X	X		31	MALAYSIA *	45.82	45.82	46.12			46.12	46.26
X	RUSSIA  *	X	22	16	14	16	21	20	28		X	RUSSIA *			58.06	58.60	62.12	63.09	65.20	64.12	63.25
X	ALGERIA *	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	ZIMBABWE *			52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99
X	ZIMBABWE  *	X	27	29	X	30	33	33	31		X	KENYA *			51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28
X	KENYA *	X	30	28	X	29	28	26	21		X	UGANDA *			47.25				48.34	50.69	47.44
X	UGANDA *	X	33	X	X	X	29	27	30		X	IVORY COAST *			46.24			47.57	46.59
X	SENEGAL *	X	34	X	X	X	39	38	X		X	SENEGAL *			43.22				44.82	45.85	48.79
X	IVORY COAST  *	X	35	X	X	36	41	X	X		X	ALGERIA *			36.25
X	BURKINA FASO *	X	36	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	BURKINA FASO *			31.05
X	BERMUDA  *	X	37	X	X	40	X	X	X		X	COLOMBIA *				51.87		51.92	49.84	48.36	47.97
X	GIBRALTAR  *	X	38	X	X	37	43	X	X		X	SWITZERLAND *						52.60	53.24
X	JAMAICA *	X	39	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	MEXICO *						47.55	45.66	45.12	45.62
X	COLOMBIA  *	X	X	27	X	32	35	35	33		X	PARAGUAY *						46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46
X	MEXICO  *	X	X	X	X	33	37	36	34		X	CAYMAN ISLANDS *						42.99
X	PARAGUAY  *	X	X	X	X	34	36	34	32		X	TUNISIA *							48.53	47.26
X	SWITZERLAND  *	X	X	X	X	35	40	X	X		X	MOROCCO *							46.33
X	CAYMAN ISLANDS  *	X	X	X	X	39	X	X	X		X	COOK ISLANDS *							45.11
X	TUNISIA *	X	X	X	X	X	32	32	X		X	GUYANA *							43.15
X	MOROCCO *	X	X	X	X	X	34	X	X		X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *									39.27
X	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES *	X	X	X	X	X	42	X	X
X	COOK ISLANDS *	X	X	X	X	X	44	X	X		* Yet to qualify in 2024
X	GUYANA *	X	X	X	X	X	45	X	X
X	PAPUA NEW GUINEA *	X	X	X	X	X	38	37	35
	* Yet to qualify in 2024