Macedonia got back at the 68th place thanks to the two positive results in the opening matches of the 2020 EURO qualifiers.
After going down three places in the previous rankings, Macedonia got back at the same place at which entered this year. The 3:1 home win over Latvia and the 1:1 road draw with Slovenia in the European qualifiers gave the Lynx 7 points, enough to climb 3 places.
Interestingly, both best and worst moved are our EURO opponents. Israel accumulated most points (20) and moved up most places (8), while Austria lost most points (30) and went down most places (11).
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63. 
Slovenia 1366
63. 
Bolivia 1366
65. 
Mali 1465
65. 
Ivory Coast 1365
67. 
UAE 1360
68. 
Macedonia 1350
68. 
Guinea 1350
70. 
Algeria 1348
71. 
El Salvador 1344
72. 
Saudi Arabia 1342
73. 
South Africa 1335
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for April 2019:
1. 
Belgium 1737
2. 
France 1734
3. 
Brazil 1676
4. 
England 1647
5. 
Croatia 1621
6. 
Uruguay 1613
7. 
Portugal 1607
8. 
Switzerland 1604
9. 
Spain 1601
10. 
Denmark 1586
FIFA Rankings for 2020 EURO qualifying Group G (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (20.) 
Poland 1535
2. (34.) 
Austria 1479
3. (63.) Slovenia 1366
4. (68.) Macedonia 1350
5. (84.) 
Israel 1285
6. (133.) 
Latvia 1101
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (5.) Croatia 1621
2. (25.) 
Romania 1496
3. (29.) 
Serbia 1484
4. (35.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1478
5. (39.) 
Turkey 1457
6. (43.) 
Greece 1433
7. (51.) 
Bulgaria 1419
7. (51.) 
Montenegro 1419
9. (62.) 
Albania 1368
10. (63.) Slovenia 1366
11. (68.) Macedonia 1350
12. (127.) 
Kosovo 1124