The first FIFA ranking in the new year brings good news for Macedonia. Although it is an inactive period, few national teams played some matches and affected the rankings. Macedonia did not play any games so did not lose of gain points, but still moved up 3 places thanks to others who lost points and thus moved down.
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68. 
Finland 508
70. 
China 504
71. 
Mali 477
72. 
Zambia 466
73. 
Uganda 446
73. 
Macedonia 446
75. 
Palestine 443
76. 
Syria 442
77. 
Uzbekistan 441
78. 
UAE 436
78. 
South Africa 436
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for January 2018:
1. 
Germany 1602
2. 
Brazil 1483
3. 
Portugal 1358
4. 
Argentina 1348
5. 
Belgium 1325
6. 
Spain 1231
7. 
Poland 1209
8. 
Switzerland 1190
9. 
France 1183
10. 
Chile 1147
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (15.) 
Croatia 1048
2. (37.) 
Serbia 756
3. (38.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 753
4. (40.) 
Romania 737
5. (41.) 
Turkey 735
6. (42.) 
Bulgaria 719
7. (46.) 
Montenegro 681
8. (47.) 
Greece 680
9. (60.) 
Albania 553
10. (64.) 
Slovenia 529
11. (73.) Macedonia 446
12. (178.) 
Kosovo 97
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 25):
31. (58.) 
Norway 572
32. (60.) Albania 553
33. (62.) 
Russia 534
34. (64.) Slovenia 529
35. (68.) Finland 508
36. (73.) Macedonia 446
37. (84.) 
Luxembourg 407
38. (88.) 
Estonia 399
39. (90.) 
Armenia 383
40. (92.) 
Cyprus 373
41. (93.) 
Belarus 372
42. (97.) 
Faroe Islands 364
43. (99.) 
Israel 355
44. (104.) 
Georgia 322
45. (118.) 
Azerbaijan 281
46. (131.) 
Latvia 233
47. (135.) 
Kazakhstan 220
48. (136.) 
Andorra 215
49. (147.) 
Lithuania 179
50. (166.) 
Moldova 112
51. (178.) Kosovo 97
52. (182.) 
Liechtenstein 86
53. (185.) 
Malta 66
54. (204.) 
San Marino 11
55. (206.) 
Gibraltar 0
The next rankings will be published on 15 February 2018.