Nigeria remained unmoved at number 44 in the latest FIFA rankings for the month of June released on Thursday.
The Super Eagles failed to improve on its previous rankings with just seven days to the World Cup despite recording two draws against Scotland and Greece in recent friendlies.
However, the reigning Africa Cup of Nations champions slipped one place on the continent to seventh, still behind Cape Verde who is ranked sixth.
Nigeria is ranked 28th amongst the 32 countries that will feature at the World Cup and is the least ranked side in Group F comprising Argentina (5), Bosnia (21) and Iran (43).
In the overall world ranking, Europe still holds onto the top two spots with Spain and Germany while World Cup hosts Brazil climbed up one spot to the third position.
Behind the top three are Portugal, (4th, down 1), Argentina (5th, up 2), Switzerland (6th, up 2) and Uruguay (6th, down 1) who share seventh position.
Algeria has become the top-ranked African side on the 22nd position, after overtaking Cote d’Ivoire who dropped two places to 24th position in second.
Africa's top ten on June's Fifa rankings - global ranking in brackets:
1.Algeria (22)
2.Ivory Coast (23)
3.Egypt (36)
4.Ghana (37)
5.Cape Verde Islands (39)
6.Nigeria (44)
7.Tunisia (48)
8.Guinea (52)
9.Sierra Leone (54)
10.Cameroon (56)
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