The inactive period for Macedonia did not bring less points, instead some national teams bellow the Lynx climbed, less dropped which resulted with Macedonia going down one place.
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69. 
Mali 503
70. 
Guinea 485
71. 
Ivory Coast 476
72. 
Uzbekistan 453
73. 
Palestine 449
74. 
Macedonia 446
75. 
Syria 442
76. 
Zambia 438
77. 
South Africa 435
78. 
Uganda 431
78. 
UAE 431
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Top 10 in the FIFA World Rankings for February 2018:
1. 
Germany 1602
2. 
Brazil 1484
3. 
Portugal 1358
4. 
Argentina 1348
5. 
Belgium 1325
6. 
Spain 1231
7. 
Poland 1213
8. 
Switzerland 1190
9. 
France 1183
10. 
Chile 1153
FIFA Rankings for the Balkan countries (actual ranking in brackets):
1. (15.) 
Croatia 1048
2. (34.) 
Serbia 784
3. (36.) 
Romania 737
4. (38.) 
Turkey 735
5. (40.) 
Bulgaria 719
6. (41.) 
Bosnia and Herzegovina 693
7. (44.) 
Montenegro 681
8. (45.) 
Greece 680
9. (59.) 
Albania 553
10. (63.) 
Slovenia 529
11. (74.) Macedonia 446
12. (177.) 
Kosovo 97
FIFA Rankings for UEFA members (actual ranking in brackets, showing only the bottom 25):
31. (56.) 
Norway 577
32. (59.) Albania 553
33. (61.) 
Russia 534
34. (63.) Slovenia 529
35. (66.) 
Finland 510
36. (74.) Macedonia 446
37. (83.) 
Luxembourg 407
38. (87.) 
Estonia 399
39. (91.) 
Armenia 383
40. (92.) 
Cyprus 373
41. (93.) 
Belarus 372
42. (96.) 
Faroe Islands 364
43. (98.) 
Israel 355
44. (100.) 
Georgia 335
45. (119.) 
Azerbaijan 275
46. (132.) 
Latvia 225
47. (136.) 
Kazakhstan 220
48. (137.) 
Andorra 215
49. (147.) 
Lithuania 179
50. (166.) 
Moldova 112
51. (177.) 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 March 2018.