The FIFA Women's World Ranking is a ranking system for women's national teams in association football (commonly known as football or soccer) published by the international governing body FIFA.
The ranking has more than informative value, as it is often used to seed member associations into different pots in international tournaments.
FIFA considers the ratings for teams with fewer than 5 matches provisional and at the end of the list.
The United States holds the record for the longest consecutive period leading the rankings of nearly 7 years, from March 2008 to December 2014.
Before the 2023 World Cup, the United States and Germany had been the only two teams to lead the women's rankings, and these two teams also had held the top two spots in all but six releases, when Germany was ranked third (only Norway, Brazil, England and Sweden had reached second during this time).
Even if teams are not officially ranked, their points rating is kept constant until they play their next match.
The main component of the actual result is whether the team wins, loses, or draws, but goal difference is also taken into account.