by Here is the complete list of the top 200 male chess-playing nations as determined by FIDE. The list is produced using the average of each country’s top 10 Elo rankings.
| # | Country/Federation | Avg Top 10 Elo |
| 1 | United States of America | 2728 |
| 2 | Russia | 2702 |
| 3 | India | 2690 |
| 4 | China | 2687 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2659 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 2652 |
| 7 | France | 2641 |
| 8 | Armenia | 2636 |
| 9 | Spain | 2632 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 2630 |
| 11 | Germany | 2625 |
| 12 | Poland | 2617 |
| 13 | Hungary | 2604 |
| 14 | Norway | 2601 |
| 15 | Israel | 2590 |
| 16 | Romania | 2588 |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 2586 |
| 18 | England | 2583 |
| 19 | Czech Republic | 2580 |
| 20 | Croatia | 2563 |
| 21 | Argentina | 2558 |
| 22 | Greece | 2558 |
| 23 | Iran | 2555 |
| 24 | Serbia | 2553 |
| 25 | Georgia | 2551 |
| 26 | Turkiye | 2545 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 2541 |
| 28 | Italy | 2537 |
| 29 | Cuba | 2533 |
| 30 | Sweden | 2531 |
| 31 | Denmark | 2522 |
| 32 | Brazil | 2520 |
| 33 | Slovenia | 2516 |
| 34 | Slovakia | 2516 |
| 35 | Peru | 2511 |
| 36 | Switzerland | 2505 |
| 37 | Australia | 2500 |
| 38 | Austria | 2499 |
| 39 | Belgium | 2489 |
| 40 | Lithuania | 2488 |
| 41 | Iceland | 2485 |
| 42 | Vietnam | 2484 |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 2477 |
| 44 | Colombia | 2475 |
| 45 | Belarus | 2473 |
| 46 | Canada | 2470 |
| 47 | Egypt | 2466 |
| 48 | Chile | 2458 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2457 |
| 50 | Moldova | 2455 |
| 51 | Philippines | 2455 |
| 52 | Montenegro | 2453 |
| 53 | Mongolia | 2449 |
| 54 | Latvia | 2443 |
| 55 | Finland | 2440 |
| 56 | North Macedonia | 2438 |
| 57 | Indonesia | 2424 |
| 58 | Mexico | 2423 |
| 59 | Portugal | 2421 |
| 60 | Paraguay | 2411 |
| 61 | Estonia | 2404 |
| 62 | Scotland | 2386 |
| 63 | Ireland | 2380 |
| 64 | Uruguay | 2376 |
| 65 | Venezuela | 2376 |
| 66 | Turkmenistan | 2363 |
| 67 | Morocco | 2349 |
| 68 | Bangladesh | 2346 |
| 69 | Singapore | 2328 |
| 70 | Malaysia | 2321 |
| 71 | Algeria | 2314 |
| 72 | Albania | 2312 |
| 73 | Ecuador | 2299 |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 2298 |
| 75 | Faroe Islands | 2294 |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 2286 |
| 77 | Andorra | 2280 |
| 78 | Tunisia | 2280 |
| 79 | Kosovo * | 2279 |
| 80 | Zambia | 2273 |
| 81 | South Africa | 2270 |
| 82 | Dominican Republic | 2266 |
| 83 | New Zealand | 2262 |
| 84 | United Arab Emirates | 2252 |
| 85 | Nigeria | 2248 |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 2245 |
| 87 | Monaco | 2241 |
| 88 | Wales | 2240 |
| 89 | Myanmar | 2239 |
| 90 | Bolivia | 2235 |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 2230 |
| 92 | Japan | 2228 |
| 93 | Iraq | 2209 |
| 94 | Panama | 2206 |
| 95 | Jordan | 2197 |
| 96 | Syria | 2192 |
| 97 | Angola | 2190 |
| 98 | Uganda | 2189 |
| 99 | Trinidad & Tobago | 2179 |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 2169 |
| 101 | South Korea | 2160 |
| 102 | Zimbabwe | 2157 |
| 103 | Lebanon | 2149 |
| 104 | El Salvador | 2144 |
| 105 | Guatemala | 2137 |
| 106 | Sri Lanka | 2121 |
| 107 | Madagascar | 2109 |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 2108 |
| 109 | Sudan | 2105 |
| 110 | Malta | 2104 |
| 111 | Honduras | 2102 |
| 112 | Thailand | 2094 |
| 113 | Jamaica | 2086 |
| 114 | South Sudan | 2083 |
| 115 | Pakistan | 2061 |
| 116 | Botswana | 2056 |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 2054 |
| 118 | Nepal | 2039 |
| 119 | Hong Kong, China | 2037 |
| 120 | Libya | 2034 |
| 121 | Yemen | 2028 |
| 122 | Cyprus | 2022 |
| 123 | Malawi | 2004 |
| 124 | Palestine | 2004 |
| 125 | Netherlands Antilles | 1988 |
| 126 | Barbados | 1973 |
| 127 | Kenya | 1967 |
| 128 | Aruba | 1937 |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 1928 |
| 130 | Chinese Taipei | 1928 |
| 131 | Mozambique | 1925 |
| 132 | Namibia | 1900 |
| 133 | Suriname | 1898 |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 1896 |
| 135 | Mauritania | 1896 |
| 136 | Saudi Arabia | 1888 |
| 137 | Liberia | 1868 |
| 138 | Cote d’Ivoire | 1866 |
| 139 | Oman | 1855 |
| 140 | Ghana | 1854 |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 1831 |
| 142 | Cape Verde | 1821 |
| 143 | Cameroon | 1798 |
| 144 | Somalia | 1783 |
| 145 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1780 |
| 146 | Maldives | 1765 |
| 147 | Senegal | 1764 |
| 148 | Djibouti | 1760 |
| 149 | Mauritius | 1759 |
| 150 | Guam | 1751 |
| 151 | Kuwait | 1749 |
| 152 | Jersey | 1745 |
| 153 | Guernsey | 1737 |
| 154 | Tanzania | 1730 |
| 155 | Qatar | 1721 |
| 156 | Togo | 1718 |
| 157 | Timor-Leste | 1700 |
| 158 | Guyana | 1696 |
| 159 | Fiji | 1693 |
| 160 | Bahamas | 1673 |
| 161 | Saint Lucia | 1644 |
| 162 | Burundi | 1622 |
| 163 | San Marino | 1602 |
| 164 | Lesotho | 1599 |
| 165 | Bahrain | 1595 |
| 166 | Eswatini | 1576 |
| 167 | Haiti | 1571 |
| 168 | Rwanda | 1568 |
| 169 | Bhutan | 1564 |
| 170 | US Virgin Islands | 1545 |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 1494 |
| 172 | Eritrea | 1491 |
| 173 | Mali | 1433 |
| 174 | Nauru | 1416 |
| 175 | Seychelles | 1411 |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 1390 |
| 177 | Palau | 1336 |
| 178 | Cambodia | 1330 |
| 179 | Gambia | 1323 |
| 180 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1321 |
| 181 | Gabon | 1320 |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 1314 |
| 183 | Dominica | 1301 |
| 184 | Cayman Islands | 1283 |
| 185 | Bermuda | 1228 |
| 186 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1202 |
| 187 | Chad | 1197 |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1163 |
| 189 | Laos | 1150 |
| 190 | Isle of Man | 1128 |
| 191 | Macau | 1095 |
| 192 | British Virgin Islands | 1087 |
| 193 | Comoros Islands | 1077 |
| 194 | Solomon Islands | 1076 |
| 195 | Burkina Faso | 1066 |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1055 |
| 197 | Belize | 1000 |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 1000 |
| 199 | Grenada | 1000 |
| 200 | Niger | 1000 |
