Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, Molefi Ntseki's side competed in just four fixtures during the calendar year, including last month's victorious double-header against Sao Tome Principe in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Prior to that, Bafana played host to Namibia and Zambia in two international friendlies in October, drawing 1-1 in the former encounter before suffering a narrow 2-1 defeat to Milutin Sredojevic's charges three days later.
Elsewhere, Belgium have retained their status as the world's highest-ranked nation for the third consecutive year after seeing off competition from 2018 FIFA World Cup champions France and South American giants Brazil, who rank second and third, respectively.
Senegal are the top-placed African nation in FIFA's rankings after ending the year in 20th position, while Tunisia (26th), Algeria (31st), Morocco Nigeria (joint-35th), Egypt (49th) and Cameroon (50th) are the only other nations from the continent to feature in the top 50.
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