Netball is a popular women's sport in parts of Africa. Several African nations are ranked amongst the top thirty-two in the world. As of July 2014, Malawi was ranked number Five, South Africa was ranked number Six, Uganda was ranked Fourteen, Tanzania was ranked Seventeen, Botswana was ranked Nineteen, Zambia was ranked Twenty-two, Zimbabwe was ranked Twenty-four, Namibia's women's national team was ranked Twenty-eight and the Lesotho women's national team was ranked number Thirty-two in the world.