The two places drop has seen Zambia drop one place in Africa to rank 18th in Africa after being overtaken by Burkina Faso.
Zambia’s opponents in next month’s Africa Cup of Nations qualifier have remained static in position 116 while Congo who are in the same group with Chipolopolo have gained ground and are now ranked 43rd in the world.
The Chipolopolo last month dropped three places on the world rankings.
World Ranking is in Brackets.
1[19] Algeria 2[21] Côte d’Ivoire 3[27] Ghana 4[34] Tunisia 5[39] Senegal 6[42] Cameroon 7[43] Republic of Congo 8[50] Cabo Verde 9[52] Egypt 10[53] Nigeria 11[59] Congo DR 12[60] Guinea 13[62] Equatorial Guinea 14[63] Mali 15[64] Gabon 16[71] Burkina Faso 17[72] South Africa 18[73] Zambia 19[74] Uganda 20[80] Togo