African Nations Cup hosts Ghana climbed 29 places to joint 14th in FIFA's world rankings following their third place finish at the tournament.
Ghana are now the highest ranked African nation in the standings, which are published monthly by world soccer's governing body.
Cameroon, who lost 1-0 to Egypt in the final, are up eight places to 17th. Egypt are ranked behind Ghana, Cameroon and Ivory Coast at 29th.
India are ranked 144, while Argentina tops the list followed by Brazil.
The top 10 remains largely unchanged due to few competitive internationals in South America and Europe over the last month.
FIFA rankings (previous position in brackets)
1. (1.) Argentina
2. (2.) Brazil
3. (3.) Italy
4. (4.) Spain
5. (5.) Germany
6. (6.) Czech Republic
7. (7.) France
8. (8.) Portugal
9. (9.) Netherlands
10. (11.) Greece
11. (12.) England
12. (10.) Croatia
13. (13) Romania
14. (43.) Ghana
14. (14.) Scotland
16. (17.) Mexico
17. (25.) Cameroon
18. (16.) Turkey
19. (18.) Bulgaria
20. (23.) Poland
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