India jumped three places to 163rd in the latest FIFA rankings issued on Wednesday.
India has 115 points in its kitty.
In last month's list, the country was ranked 163rd, just five places better than India's all-time lowest - it was ranked 165th in March 2007.
India is now thirteen places above neighbours Pakistan (173) and 17 places ahead of Sri Lanka. is below all the other South Asian countries -- Maldives (143), Bangladesh (145), Sri Lanka (148) and Nepal (156).
World champion Spain heads the list with 1624 points while runner-up The Netherlands is second with 1425.
Germany, Uruguay and Brazil complete the top five.