| FIFA Youth (U-20) World Cup Order of Merit | |||||||
| Country | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| Argentina | 6 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Brazil | 5 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Portugal | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Spain | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Ghana | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Germany (West) | 1 | 1 | |||||
| France | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Yugoslavia | 1 | ||||||
| Serbia | 1 | ||||||
| Uruguay | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Mexico | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | ||||||
| Japan | 1 | ||||||
| Qatar | 1 | ||||||
| Mali | 2 | ||||||
| Chile | 1 | 1 | |||||
| England | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Colombia | 1 | ||||||
| East Germany | 1 | ||||||
| Egypt | 1 | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | ||||||
| Republic of Ireland | 1 | ||||||
| Romania | 1 | ||||||
| Hungary | 1 | ||||||
| Australia | 2 | ||||||
| Austria | 1 | ||||||
| Costa Rica | 1 | ||||||
| Iraq | 1 | ||||||
| Morocco | 1 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 1 | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | ||||||
| South Korea | 1 | ||||||
| United States | 1 | ||||||
| Senegal | 1 | ||||||
| Totals | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||