There is no reliable data to back the claim that the average IQ in Somalia is 68-72.

The claim comes from the controversial 2002 book, “IQ and the Wealth of Nations.”

The Somalia data relied on a small sample of children in a refugee camp. Scientists have criticized the data for decades for not being representative of the nation as a whole and for not taking into account the severe environmental factors that could impact the scores of children living in a refugee camp.