
Harambee Stars and Harambee Starlets have dropped places in the latest FIFA Rankings released on Thursday 31 March 2022 by FIFA.
The men's national team dropped one place as Starlets lost two places.
Harambee Stars who were previously ranked 103 dropped to 104 after not participating in any international competition since their suspension by FIFA.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo occupies the first position among the East African countries as they sit in 67th place on the world rankings.
Neighbouring Uganda Cranes, who are in position 86 in the world, occupy second position with Kenya coming third.
Tanzania comes in fourth at position 130, with Rwanda following at number 136 followed by Burundi and South Sudan at 139 and 169 respectively.
Similarly to Harambeee Stars are the Starlets who dropped from position 146 to position 148 in their rankings.
Starlets recently suffered a blow as they missed out on the Africa Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) after their match against Uganda was called off, denying them a chance to fight for a World Cup position.
In Africa, Senegal remained at the top despite dropping two places from 18th to 20th in the world ranking. Other top African nations are Morocco at 24th Nigeria at position 30 with Egypt and Tunisia taking positions 32 and 35 respectively.
In the overall world rankings, Brazil tops followed by Belgium, France, Argentina and England to seal the top five.
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