World Ranking : 2015 / 2016 / 2017

Here is the second in a series of international ranking. They are colour coded for the Pacific, Europe, Americas and Africa/Middle East. No ranking system is perfect but if viewed as as a guide, then it has some merit. The points were shown in 2015 but not since then. Over this period, the number of nations has grown quickly. The Latin Americas in particular is an area of sudden growth.

Some big movers were Tonga and Lebanon, as you would  have expected. The Philippines too is going well and Hungary is rewarded with an active participation in international RL. Norway is another one to watch out for.

	Rankings 2015					Rankings 2016				Rankings 2017
	1	New Zealand	897	+1		1	Australia	+1		1	Australia	-
	2	Australia	719	-1		2	New Zealand	-1		2	New Zealand	-
	3	England	655	-		3	England	-		3	England	-
	4	Samoa	280	-		4	Scotland	+5		4	Tonga	+10
	5	France	209	-		5	Samoa	-1		5	Fiji	+2
	6	Ireland	162	+1		6	France	-1		6	Samoa	-1
	7	Fiji	147	-1		7	Fiji	-		7	Scotland	-3
	8	Wales	132	+1		8	Ireland	-2		8	France	-2
	9	Scotland	121	-1		9	Wales	-1		9	Lebanon	+12
	10	USA	102	-		10	USA	-		10	PNG	+5
	11	Serbia	72	+2		11	Serbia	-		11	Ireland	-3
	12	Italy	65	-		12	Canada	+1		12	Wales	-3
	13	Canada	62	+1		13	Italy	-1		13	Italy	-
	14	PNG	60	-3		14	Tonga	+2		14	USA	-4
	15	Russia	46	-		15	PNG	-1		15	Jamaica	+2
	16	Tonga	40	-		16	Russia	-1		16	Serbia	-5
	17	Belgium	40	+4		17	Jamaica	+10		17	Canada	-5
	18	Malta	32	+6		18	Belgium	-1		18	Malta	+2
	19	Germany	28	-1		19	Spain	+2		19	Russia	-3
	20	Lebanon	27	+3		20	Malta	-2		20	Belgium	-2
	21	Spain	26	+7		21	Lebanon	-1		21	Spain	-2
	22	Cook Is	23	-5		22	Ukraine	+1		22	Norway	+4
	23	Ukraine	22	-3		23	Germany	-4		23	Greece	+5
	24	Greece	21	-2		24	Czech Rep	+6		24	Philippines	+9
	25	Denmark	20	+1		25	Cook Is	-3		25	Ukraine	-3
	26	Norway	19	-7		26	Norway	-		26	Czech Rep	-2
	27	Jamaica	16	-		27	Denmark	-2		27	Netherlands	+3
	28	Netherlands	15	-3		28	Greece	-4		28	Germany	-5
	29	Sweden	15	+1		29	Sweden	-		29	Hungary	+9
	30	Czech Rep	14	-1		30	Netherlands	-2		30	Cook Is	-5
	31	South Africa	13	-		31	South Africa	-		31	Sweden	-2
	32	Niue Is	4	New		32	Niue	-		32	Chile	+2
	33	Hungary	2	-1		33	Philippines	New		33	Niue	-1
	34	Latvia	2	-1		34	Chile	New		34	Denmark	-7
	35	Morocco	0	-1		35	Vanuatu	New		35	South Africa	-4
						36	Latvia	-2		36	Vanuatu	-1
						37	Solomon Is	New		37	El Salvador	+2
						38	Hungary	-5		38	Thailand	New
						39	El Salvador	New		39	Argentina	New
						40	Morocco	-5		40	Colombia	New
										41	Japan	New
										42	Solomon Is	-4
										43	Brazil	New
										44	Uruguay	New
										45	Hong Kong	New
										46	Bulgaria	New
										47	Latvia	-11
										48	Morocco	-8

Source: RLIF.