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FIFA ranking vs Formline vs World Elo: the women's tables side by side

Three ways of ranking the same women's national teams, all worked out here from the same results, as of 13 October 2026:

Formline: its own ratings, built on the last 12 years of results and how strong each opponent was.
FIFA method: FIFA's own ranking formula, calculated by Formline from every match since 1971. It is our calculation, not FIFA's published ranking.
World Elo: the World Football Elo Ratings formula, best known from eloratings.net, calculated by Formline. It is not eloratings.net's published table.

All three count places among the same 132 teams, the ones Formline ranks. 9 of Formline's top 10 are also in the FIFA method's top 10. Where they disagree, it is mostly down to how each formula weighs friendlies and opponents, and how far back it looks.

Formline rates higher than FIFA's formula

Team	Formline	FIFA method
Albania	70th	109th
Northern Ireland	49th	87th
Slovakia	57th	95th
Montenegro	76th	114th
Greece	60th	97th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	68th	105th
Croatia	66th	102nd
Israel	72nd	108th
Malta	84th	120th
Uruguay	46th	80th

FIFA's formula rates higher than Formline

Team	Formline	FIFA method
Papua New Guinea	85th	42nd
Solomon Islands	122nd	82nd
Samoa	118th	86th
India	101st	71st
Ethiopia	95th	66th
St. Kitts and Nevis	116th	89th
Namibia	102nd	77th
Fiji	117th	92nd
Cambodia	125th	100th
Saudi Arabia	126th	101st

All ranked teams

Team	Formline	FIFA method	World Elo
Spain	1	1	1
England	2	5	3
USA	3	2	2
France	4	6	6
Germany	5	3	4
Sweden	6	9	8
Brazil	7	7	7
Netherlands	8	10	11
Denmark	9	11	10
Japan	10	4	5
Norway	11	13	15
Italy	12	14	13
Canada	13	8	9
Australia	14	15	14
Iceland	15	21	20
Colombia	16	16	16
Belgium	17	23	22
Portugal	18	24	25
Republic of Ireland	19	20	21
Finland	20	25	23
Scotland	21	26	26
Switzerland	22	30	29
Korea DPR	23	12	12
Austria	24	31	31
Poland	25	34	32
Mexico	26	19	17
Argentina	27	29	28
Wales	28	38	35
Russia	29	27	27
China PR	30	17	18
Nigeria	31	22	24
Serbia	32	56	52
Korea Republic	33	18	19
Slovenia	34	54	54
Ukraine	35	48	47
Czechia	36	52	55
South Africa	37	28	30
Morocco	38	49	37
Venezuela	39	60	56
Türkiye	40	72	70
Chile	41	69	67
Cameroon	42	33	33
Ghana	43	35	34
Paraguay	44	67	61
Zambia	45	37	36
Uruguay	46	80	75
Hungary	47	78	73
Haiti	48	36	38
Northern Ireland	49	87	78
Côte d'Ivoire	50	43	41
Jamaica	51	39	49
Belarus	52	73	72
Algeria	53	40	40
New Zealand	54	32	39
Costa Rica	55	50	45
Panama	56	46	50
Slovakia	57	95	88
Senegal	58	51	51
Romania	59	91	92
Greece	60	97	96
Puerto Rico	61	53	53
El Salvador	62	64	60
Malawi	63	45	43
Vietnam	64	44	46
Chinese Taipei	65	41	42
Croatia	66	102	99
Ecuador	67	84	81
Bosnia and Herzegovina	68	105	102
Tanzania	69	57	58
Albania	70	109	103
Philippines	71	47	48
Israel	72	108	101
Dominican Republic	73	55	59
Thailand	74	58	57
Uzbekistan	75	61	64
Montenegro	76	114	111
Kenya	77	62	62
Burkina Faso	78	68	65
Azerbaijan	79	110	106
Myanmar	80	63	63
Kosovo	81	111	107
Mali	82	65	68
Cuba	83	59	66
Malta	84	120	119
Papua New Guinea	85	42	44
Guatemala	86	79	74
Uganda	87	70	71
Nicaragua	88	90	87
Lithuania	89	118	118
Latvia	90	123	122
Trinidad and Tobago	91	76	83
Botswana	92	88	84
Tunisia	93	93	82
Peru	94	112	110
Ethiopia	95	66	69
IR Iran	96	74	80
Congo DR	97	85	86
Estonia	98	119	120
Zimbabwe	99	75	77
Egypt	100	96	94
India	101	71	79
Namibia	102	77	76
Bangladesh	103	94	89
Luxembourg	104	121	121
Jordan	105	81	85
Nepal	106	83	90
Aruba	107	104	100
Faroe Islands	108	122	123
Georgia	109	129	128
Kazakhstan	110	124	124
Cyprus	111	128	129
Moldova	112	126	125
Hong Kong, China	113	98	97
Bulgaria	114	127	127
North Macedonia	115	131	130
St. Kitts and Nevis	116	89	104
Fiji	117	92	95
Samoa	118	86	91
Lebanon	119	103	108
Armenia	120	132	131
Andorra	121	130	132
Solomon Islands	122	82	93
Vanuatu	123	99	98
Barbados	124	107	113
Cambodia	125	100	109
Saudi Arabia	126	101	105
Indonesia	127	117	117
Malaysia	128	115	114
Bhutan	129	106	115
Palestine	130	116	116
New Caledonia	131	113	112
Singapore	132	125	126

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Ratings and chances are Formline's, worked out from every international result in the open archives maintained by Mart Jürisoo (CC0), with recent results from API-Football. In the runs, a match settled on penalties counts as a draw. Every source is listed on Sources & thanks.