RUGBYINTERNATIONAL.NET WORLD INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RANKINGS GWC SYSTEM 2024 STANDINGS As at 17 November 2024											WORLD RUGBY RANKINGS WORLD TABLE 2024 STANDINGS Adapted from https://www.world.rugby/tournaments/rankings/mru As at 18 November, 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	FRANCE	6	1	5	2	8	8	8	11		1	SOUTH AFRICA	92.78	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	90.78	90.57	90.63	86.53	84.65	84.45	91.17	86.39	84.62		No Movement
3	IRELAND	3	2	1	3	6	1	5	2		3	NEW ZEALAND	90.09	89.80	88.98	88.75	88.95	92.11	92.54	93.99	94.78
4	SOUTH AFRICA	1	4	3	X	1	5	7	7		4	FRANCE	88.08	87.81	90.01	85.53	85.30	80.88	77.33	78.77	80.13
5	ARGENTINA	5	10	9	7	13	10	10	10		5	ARGENTINA	85.40	80.68	80.72	80.58	80.31	78.31	77.05	78.22	79.91
6	AUSTRALIA	9	7	8	5	9	6	3	8		6	SCOTLAND	82.70	83.43	81.55	83.05	80.82	79.23	81.84	82.31	80.67
7	ENGLAND	4	5	2	1	2	3	1	3		7	ENGLAND	82.31	85.46	83.66	87.83	89.45	88.82	86.22	90.87	90.46
8	SCOTLAND	7	9	4	4	7	9	2	9		8	AUSTRALIA	82.17	77.48	81.80	83.92	83.08	81.90	82.40	85.49	86.35
9	FIJI	11	13	10	9	10	7	12	12		9	FIJI	80.07	76.38	74.84	76.62	76.87	76.21	77.95	77.93	76.46
10	JAPAN	14	14	12	X	5	13	9	13		10	ITALY	78.92	75.93	75.95	70.51	70.88	72.04	72.75	71.25	72.47
11	SAMOA	15	12	24	X	15	17	16	15		11	WALES	74.01	80.64	78.09	81.56	79.36	85.02	87.24	80.98	82.55
12	ITALY	13	11	19	13	14	12	11	5		12	GEORGIA	73.85	72.68	75.19	73.72	72.18	71.26	73.42	73.41	74.14
13	WALES	8	8	7	8	4	4	6	6		13	JAPAN	72.95	74.27	77.39	78.26		79.28	75.24	75.66	74.22
14	GEORGIA	12	6	11	10	11	14	15	14		14	SAMOA	72.68	72.23	76.03	73.59		70.72	68.78	69.03	71.25
15	UNITED STATES	17	20	21	X	20	11	21	26		15	UNITED STATES	68.90	67.94	65.92	66.54		68.10	73.66	65.85	64.64
16	PORTUGAL	10	19	13	17	26	30	30	22		16	PORTUGAL	68.82	72.78	65.97	65.84	62.44	61.01	57.08	57.26	56.96
17	SPAIN	19	16	14	11	18	18	19	18		17	SPAIN	67.10	62.86	67.17	66.20	67.51	68.16	62.24	63.15	60.17
18	ROMANIA	18	18	17	15	21	20	14	16		18	URUGUAY	65.94	67.39	66.24	66.40	67.02	67.41	66.82	63.15	60.66
19	TONGA	16	15	25	X	19	15	13	4		19	TONGA	65.46	71.57	71.22	67.72		71.44	73.02	71.87	71.94
20	NETHERLANDS	24	28	26	X	X	X	X	X		20	ROMANIA	64.13	63.28	64.79	67.91	65.33	66.69	65.45	70.91	69.39
21	CHILE	22	21	15	X	27	24	22	25		21	CHILE	61.72	60.49	60.89	59.88		53.83	54.36	56.48	55.08
22	CANADA	23	24	22	X	25	22	18	27		22	HONG KONG CHINA	59.49	59.80	59.66			61.23	58.11	59.66	56.50
23	GERMANY	26	X	X	X	28	25	23	17		23	CANADA	59.18	60.90	60.46	61.80		61.12	62.95	59.47	63.95
24	HONG KONG CHINA	25	29	X	X	22	27	25	29		24	NETHERLANDS	58.56	55.84	53.12	56.82
25	BRAZIL	29	X	30	18	24	23	28	23		25	NAMIBIA	57.87	60.56	61.60	59.72		61.01	60.34	58.93	62.78
26	BELGIUM	27	25	23	16	23	16	29	X		26	ZIMBABWE	57.16		52.43	51.82		50.69	49.28	47.59	49.99
27	URUGUAY	20	17	20	12	12	19	17	19		27	BRAZIL	56.53	55.37		53.31	57.71	58.89	56.81	55.91	50.67
28	NAMIBIA	21	23	18	X	17	26	24	20		28	BELGIUM	56.51	54.58	55.97	54.86	57.17	55.74	58.09	56.94
29	POLAND	28	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		29	GERMANY	52.95	52.32				54.26	57.83	60.04	58.99
30	ZIMBABWE	X	27	29	X	30	33	33	31		30	SOUTH KOREA	50.77	53.46	52.62			53.11	53.59	53.34	55.50
31	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	X	X	X	X	X	42	X	X		31	KENYA	51.55		51.79	51.77		52.55	52.79	54.24	59.28
32	SOUTH KOREA	30	31	X	X	31	31	31	24		32	POLAND	50.24	51.54
33	MALAYSIA	31	32	X	X	38	X	X	X		33	UGANDA	46.87		47.25				48.34	50.69	47.44
34	PARAGUAY	X	X	X	X	34	36	34	32		34	PARAGUAY	48.35					46.90	49.59	48.54	49.46
35	ALGERIA	X	26	X	X	X	X	X	X		35	UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	44.18
36	KENYA	X	30	28	X	29	28	26	21		36	MALAYSIA	43.88	45.82	46.12			46.12	46.26
37	UGANDA	X	33	X	X	X	29	27	30		37	SENEGAL	43.17		43.22				44.82	45.85	48.79
38	SENEGAL	X	34	X	X	X	39	38	X		38	ALGERIA	42.69		36.25
39	IVORY COAST	X	35	X	X	36	41	X	X		39	IVORY COAST	41.69		46.24			47.57	46.59
40	BURKINA FASO	X	36	X	X	X	X	X	X		40	BURKINA FASO	31.05		31.05
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	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	CAYMAN ISLANDS *						42.99
X	MEXICO  *	X	X	X	X	33	37	36	34		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	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