Nigeria has moved up three places to rank 41st in the world but retained its fifth position in Africa.
This is according to the latest FIFA Coca-Cola world rankings.
The rankings released by the World Football governing body revealed that Nigeria moved up three places from the 44th position in September.
The release shows that Nigeria had 721 points compared to the 696 in September.
The report said that Tunisia became the new number 1 in Africa and 28th in the world with 834 points while the former number on the continent, Egypt came second and 30th in the world with 818 points.
Senegal is number three in Africa and 32 in the world with 815 points while DR Congo is fourth on the continent and 35th in the world with 751 points.
African champions, Cameroon is sixth in the continental log and 42nd in the world with 718 points.
In the top 10 ranked countries, Germany remained number one in the world with 1631 points followed by Brazil with 1619 points.
Portugal is third, Argentina fourth, Belgium fifth, Poland sixth and France seventh.
