According to the latest FIFA World rankings Kenya has gone up two places from position 104 to 102 the best position they have held this year
Kenya will finish the year at 102nd place as they hope to improve their performance come 2022.
This is a position that Kenya has held in four other instances throughout the year, in April, May, September, November, and December.
Kenya's performance throughout the calendar year has been dismal, to say the least, moving from 104 to 102 and vice versa in different instances throughout the year.
In November, Kenya reclaimed the position they had held in the September rankings before dropping two places following their deflating back-to-back losses to Mali in the World Cup qualifiers.
Harambee Stars finished their disappointing 2022 Qatar World Cup qualifier campaign on a high by claiming their maiden victory after seeing off Rwanda 2-1 in Nairobi.
Kenya's neighbor Uganda continues to lead the CECAFA region as they finish the year positioned 82 in the world.
Senegal still remains the best ranked African nation having secured a place in the World Cup Playoffs and ended the year positioned 20th in the World followed by Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia in that order.
Winning the FIFA Arab Cup 2021 has seen Algeria leapfrog Tunisia into the third spot in Africa, making a three-place move in the world from 32 in November to end the year at 29.
In the global scene, Belgium ends the calendar year at the summit for the fourth year in a row, with Brazil and France completing the 2021 podium in that order.