The Super Eagles moved up by a place to 39th position in the latest FIFA ranking released for June.
Nigeria gained an additional 5.68 points after their 3-2 victory against Sierra Leone in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on June 18.
The three-time African champions are the sixth best-footballing nation in Africa after Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt.
Cameroon, Mali, Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso complete the top 10 countries in Africa.
AFCON 2023 hosts, Ivory Coast had the biggest drop in Africa as they went down by six places to 51st in the world after a 3-0 loss to Zambia in their AFCON qualifier this month.
Togo and Tanzania are the biggest climbers on the continent as they moved up seven places each to 122nd and 123rd respectively in the world.
In the global standings, Argentina remain umoved in the top spot and they are closely by France and Brazil in second and third places respectively.
No major entry into the top 10 as Kazakhstan recorded the biggest move by eight places upward to 104th in the world while Wales registered the biggest drop by points and positions by 32.9 points lost and nine places down to 35th in the world.
