![]() ![]() īulgaria participates in the Decade of Roma Inclusion, an international initiative to improve the socio-economic status and social inclusion of Roma, with eight other governments committing themselves to "work toward eliminating discrimination and closing the unacceptable gaps between Roma and the rest of society". Its more in common that a Muslim Roma Man married a Bulgarian or Turk woman, while a Muslim roma woman married a Non romani Muslim Man. Romani are avoided by the majority traditionally, especially for marriage, however, there are ethnically mixed people with Gypsy and Bulgarian or Turk parents who are called жоревци " zhorevtsi" (from the common name George). Although only 25% of Romani parents object to their children to be married with a Bulgarian and a Turk, only 4% of the Bulgarians and 6% of the Turks would marry a Romani person. The Bulgarians are more negative towards the Romani than the Turks, with 30-50% rejecting various interactions and friendship with Romani. In 2011 the share of Romani with university degree reached 0.3%, while 6.9% have secondary education the same share was 22.8%/47.6% for Bulgarians. The unemployed enjoy more financial aid than other citizens, especially for children, which may have prompted the higher birth rates of the Romani. In 2016 only 23% of the Romani in Bulgaria are employed. The unemployment rate of non-Romani in Bulgaria was 25%, while of the Romani it was 65% in 2008, for instance in neighbouring Romania and Hungary the Romani had much lower unemployment rates - 14% and 21% respectively. In 1994, the poverty rate of Romani was estimated at 71.4%, compared with 15% for Bulgarians. In 1997, 84% of Bulgarian Romani lived under the poverty line, compared with 32% of ethnic Bulgarians. According to 2002 data, the poverty rate among Romani is 61.8%, in contrast to a rate of 5.6% among Bulgarians. Roma constitute the majority of prison population according to self-identification of inmates, with 7000 prisoners (70%) out of 10,000 in total. In Bulgaria Roma are discriminated: 59% to 80% of non-Roma have negative feelings towards Roma. They are generally younger, according to the 2011 census they make up 10.2% of the population aged up to 9 years, on a note 14.9% of the total age group being non-respondents. ![]() ![]() The form of the endonym Roma in Bulgarian is romi (роми). In Bulgaria, Romani are most commonly referred to as Tsigani (цигани, pronounced ), an exonym that some Romani resent and others embrace. An NGO estimates that the number of the Romani in Bulgaria is twice as this high and their population grows by 35,000 a year. Īccording to data of the European Commission, to which Eurostat belongs, the Romani in Bulgaria number 750,000 and they constitute 10.33% of the population. The demographic collapse in Bulgaria affects only ethnic groups other than the Romani. The majority of the estimated 200,000-400,000 Muslim Romani tend to identify themselves as ethnic Turks, some deny their origin, or identify as Bulgarians. The preceding 1992 census recorded 313,396 Romani (3.7% of the population), while a secret backstage 1992 census ordered by the Ministry of Interior recorded a figure of 550,000 Romani (6.5% of the population) the Ministry of Interior ordered at least two other secret censuses to enumerate the Romani in denial, the one in 1980 recorded 523,519 Romani, while the one in 1989 recorded that the number of the Romani was 576,927 (6.5% of the population) and that over half of the Romani identified as Turks. The previous 2001 census recorded 370,908 Romani (4.7% of the population). The former head of the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria, Reneta Indzhova claims to have been fired by the Bulgarian Prime Minister in 2014 for attempting to check the actual number of the Romani and implied that neither the census did enumerate the Romani, nor its statistics did provide the "real data". In a conclusive report of the census sent to Eurostat, the authors of the census (the National Statistical Institute of Bulgaria) identified the census results on ethnicity as a "gross manipulation". Īccording to the latest census in 2011, the number of the Romani is 325,343, constituting 4.4% of the total population, in which only one ethnic group could be opted as an answer and 10% of the total population did not respond to the question on ethnic group. The Romani people in Bulgaria may speak Bulgarian, Turkish or Romani, depending on the region. Romani people in Bulgaria ( Bulgarian: Циганите в България, romanized: Ciganite v Bǎlgariya Romani: Romane ando Bulgariya) constitute Europe's densest gypsy minority. ![]()
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