| Africa Rank | Ch | Country | Top 10 Average | GMs | IMs | World Ranking January 2017 | World Ranking December 2016 | World Rank Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Egypt | 2472 | 5 | 30 | 50 | 49 | -1 | |
| 2 | - | Algeria | 2368 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 68 | 0 | |
| 3 | - | Morocco | 2352 | 1 | 6 | 69 | 69 | 0 | |
| 4 | - | Tunisia | 2310 | 2 | 7 | 77 | 77 | 0 | |
| 5 | +1 | South Africa | 2309 | 1 | 9 | 78 | 86 | 8 | |
| 6 | -1 | Zambia | 2289 | 1 | 8 | 85 | 84 | -1 | |
| 7 | - | Nigeria | 2260 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 88 | -3 | |
| 8 | - | Angola | 2227 | 0 | 9 | 96 | 96 | 0 | |
| 9 | - | Uganda | 2227 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 97 | 0 | |
| 10 | - | Zimbabwe | 2172 | 0 | 5 | 104 | 105 | 1 | |
| 11 | +2 | Sudan | 2132 | 0 | 1 | 112 | 115 | 3 | |
| 12 | -1 | Libya | 2128 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 112 | -1 | |
| 13 | -1 | Botswana | 2118 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 114 | -1 | |
| 14 | - | Madagascar | 2105 | 0 | 1 | 116 | 116 | 0 | |
| 15 | - | Kenya | 2062 | 0 | 0 | 121 | 117 | -4 | |
| 16 | - | Seychelles | 2034 | 0 | 0 | 123 | 124 | 1 | |
| 17 | - | South Sudan | 2030 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 125 | 1 | |
| 18 | - | Malawi | 2019 | 0 | 0 | 128 | 128 | 0 | |
| 19 | - | Mali | 2015 | 0 | 0 | 129 | 129 | 0 | |
| 20 | +2 | Cameroon | 1951 | 0 | 1 | 132 | 140 | 8 | |
| 21 | -1 | Ethiopia | 1925 | 0 | 0 | 137 | 135 | -2 | |
| 22 | -1 | Mauritania | 1925 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 137 | -1 | |
| 23 | - | Mauritius | 1900 | 0 | 0 | 141 | 141 | 0 | |
| 24 | - | Sierra Leone | 1894 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 142 | 0 | |
| 25 | +1 | Gambia | 1890 | 0 | 0 | 144 | 146 | 2 | |
| 26 | -1 | Ghana | 1877 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 145 | -1 | |
| 27 | - | Mozambique | 1876 | 0 | 0 | 147 | 147 | 0 | |
| 28 | - | Ivory Coast | 1840 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 151 | 1 | |
| 29 | - | Somalia | 1818 | 0 | 0 | 153 | 154 | 1 | |
| 30 | - | Gabon | 1810 | 0 | 0 | 155 | 155 | 0 | |
| 31 | - | Liberia | 1802 | 0 | 0 | 156 | 156 | 0 | |
| 32 | - | Eritrea | 1800 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 157 | 0 | |
| 33 | - | Togo | 1798 | 0 | 0 | 158 | 158 | 0 | |
| 34 | - | Rwanda | 1784 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 159 | -1 | |
| 35 | +1 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1777 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 162 | 1 | |
| 36 | -1 | Namibia | 1776 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 161 | -1 | |
| 37 | - | Burundi | 1760 | 0 | 0 | 165 | 164 | -1 | |
| 38 | - | Tanzania | 1704 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 169 | 1 | |
| 39 | - | Congo | 1691 | 0 | 0 | 169 | 170 | 1 | |
| 40 | - | Cape Verde | 1674 | 0 | 0 | 171 | 172 | 1 | |
| 41 | - | Lesotho | 1668 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 173 | 1 | |
| 42 | - | Djibouti | 1534 | 0 | 0 | 176 | 176 | 0 | |
| 43 | - | Swaziland | 1468 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 177 | 0 | |
| 44 | - | Burkina Faso | 1422 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 179 | 0 | |
| 45= | - | Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |