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According to the FIFA ranking of men’s national soccer teams published in December 2023, Argentina leads in Latin America and the Caribbean with 1,855 points. The Brazilian squad followed with over 1,780 points.

A soccer superpower

The Brazilian national soccer team, also named La Seleção, is currently one the world’s best national football squads. In 2002, Brazil won its fifth FIFA World Cup title, which placed it as the most successful team in the history of this tournament. Because of its great success in this sport, this South American country has also become the main source of international transfers of male footballers worldwide, overlaying other major soccer markets like Argentina and France.

Most expensive men’s football teams in the region

At the beginning of 2024, Brazil was reported to be the Latin American and Caribbean men’s football team with the highest market value, with a combined squad market value of more than one billion euros. Argentina recorded the second-highest figure out of the region, with approximately 0.8 billion euros.

FIFA ranking of men's national soccer teams in Latin America and the Caribbean as of December 2023

Characteristic	Ranking points
Argentina	1,855.2
Brazil	1,784.09
Uruguay	1,665.99
Mexico	1,652.7
Colombia	1,651.2
Ecuador	1,519.2
Peru	1,512.68
Chile	1,489.82
Panama	1,475.62
Venezuela	1,448.77
Costa Rica	1,437.57
Paraguay	1,430.73
Jamaica	1,421.54
Honduras	1,313.8
El Salvador	1,306.14
Bolivia	1,284.55
Haiti	1,262.5
Curaçao	1,262.48
Trinidad & Tobago	1,228.05
Guatemala	1,189.98
Nicaragua	1,104.26
Antigua & Barbuda	1,072.66
Suriname	1,071.85
St. Kitts & Nevis	1,057.5
Dominican Republic	1,040.77

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December 2023

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LAC

Survey time period

December 21, 2023

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including only the main 25 national teams that were active in the previous 18 months

Supplementary notes

The calculation of the ranking "relies on adding/subtracting points won or lost for a game to/from the previous point totals." Further information about it can be found here.
Numbers were rounded.

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