Rural development is a process whose main objective is to improve the living standards of people living in rural areas. By joining the European Union, the Republic of Croatia has been given the option of using the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). As a member, in 2013, the Republic of Croatia has selected a total of 16 rural development measures under the Rural Development Program for the period 2014-2020. on the basis of which it received more than EUR 2 billion from the EAFRD. The aim of this paper was to find out the impact of the age structure and the number of agricultural entities on the success of the approved projects on the basis of collected literature and research using data on the results of the competition, and to show the success of the Split-Dalmatia County in relation to the average of the Republic of Croatia. The results of the research discarded the impact of the age structure and the number of agricultural entities on the above-average results of the approved projects. Furthermore, we have shown that the Split-Dalmatia County has realized more than 133 projects, placing it in an above-average county by the number of approved projects. Considering the potential, results of the Republic of Croatia are bad and we need to attract farmers to use fund resources. The research was conducted based on data available on the Payments Agency's website for agriculture, fisheries and rural development.