Nigeria have moved up to the 45th position in the latest Fifa global rankings released on Thursday.
Ghana dropped three places down.
The Black Stars are now ranked the 38th best team in the world after moving up two places for the March edition.
Europe occupies the top three places on the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking after Portugal climbed third behind leaders Spain and Germany.
They are followed by four South American sides in Colombia, (4th, up 1), Uruguay (5th, up 1) and fierce rivals Argentina (down 3) and Brazil (up 3), who share sixth position. Just 12 points separate this quartet.
Greece return to the top ten for the first time since October 2012, while Scotland moved up 15 places to the 22nd position in the world.
Ivory Coast remain the highest ranked African country and 21st in the world. The country moved up three places this month.
Egypt also moved up two spots to finish in 24th position in the world and second in Africa. They are followed by Algeria in 25, Ghana 38, Cape Verde 42, Tunisia 49, Cameroon 50, Guinea 51 and Mali 59 to round up the African top ten.
Nigeria’s World Cup Group F opponents are ranked thus: Argentina 6, Bosnia-Herzegovina 25 and Iran 37.
The next FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking will be published on 8 May.
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