The Black Stars of Ghana has placed 47th on the last FIFA ranking for the year 2019.
With this, the Black Stars would have moved four places up from their previous ranking in November, and placed 6th on the African Continent.
The move is believed to be as a result of defeating South Africa and São Tomé and Príncipe in the AFCON 2021 qualifiers.
Since the Black Stars have no other game scheduled till the end of the year, the Stars are expected to retain this position till 2020.
Belgium, France and Brazil topped the world football ranking, taking the first, second and third positions respectively.
In Africa, Senegal, Tunisia and Nigeria took the top 3 positions on the chart.
Top 10 National teams according to FIFA ranking:
1. Belgium.
2. France.
3. Brazil.
4. England.
5. Uruguay.
6. Croatia.
7. Portugal.
8. Spain.
9. Argentina.
10. Columbia.
African ranking:
1. Senegal (20).
2. Tunisia (27).
3. Nigeria (31).
4. Algeria (35).
5. Morocco (43).
6. Ghana (47).
7. Egypt (51).
8. Cameroon (53).
9. Mali (56).
10. Congo DR (56).
