Indicator history

There are different estimates on the presence of Roma, Sinti and Travellers in Italy. According to a report by the Interior Ministry, April 2006 the numerical estimate is about 140.000. According to more recent researches (2009-2010) form other agencies and NGOs is a more realistic estimate of 170.000 presences, a estimate that takes into account people who do not declare their belonging to the Roma, Sinti and Travellers minorities. The Roma, Sinti and Travellers population in Italy represent a percentage of the population around 0.2%, one of the lowest in Europe.

Source:

Senato della repubblica, Commissione straordinaria per la tutela e la promozione dei diritti umani - Rapporto conclusivo dell'indagine sulla condizione di Rom, Sinti e Caminanti in Italia, 2011 - http://www.senato.it/documenti/repository/commissioni/dirittiumani16/Rapporto%20conclusivo%20indagine%20rom,%20sinti%20e%20caminanti.pdf

120,000/180,000 Roma people on the national territory. Half of them are Italians. The majority of Roma people in Italy is not nomad.

Source:

• Unar, Strategia nazionale d’inclusione dei Rom dei Sinti e dei Camminanti, 2012 available at http://www.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/assets/files/22/0251_STRATEGIA_ITALIANA_ROM_PER_MESSA_ON_LINE.pdf, Accessed on 27.01.2013.