Ghana moved a place up in the latest FIFA ranking released on Thursday for the month of July.

The ranking sees Ghana on the 36th position, one place better than they did in June.

Placed 25th in July last year, Ghana now find themselves between Cote d’Ivoire (35) and Albania (37) on the ladder.

Algeria remained in 32nd position and remained the continent’s highest ranked football nation.

Ivory Coast also moved up place to 35th and still the second best in Africa.

On continental level, Ghana are still third behind Algeria (32) and Cote d’Ivoire (35), and ahead of Senegal (41) and Egypt (43).

Tunisia (45), Cameroon (53), Morocco (54), Congo DR (59) and Mali (61) complete the top 10.

Back on the global stage, there was no change among the top five, with Argentina, Belgium, Colombia, Germany and Chile maintaining their positions in that order.

European champions Portugal have moved up by two places to sixth, followed by France (moved up 10 places), Spain, Brazil and Italy to wrap up the top 10.