

What is striking from the graph is the repetition in the countries at the top of the rankings. In the 21 years since 1993 there have been only 7 different countries at the top of the rankings. These are shown in the table on the right. When second places are considered the number of different countries increases to 11. There are 53 African countries affiliated to FIFA. So, in 21 years only 13% of countries have reached the top ranked position at least once. 1 in 5 countries have been in the top two countries in the last 21 years.