The common agricultural policy is the most dynamic part of the European Union's legal heritage and the driving force of the integration that marked the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. The agricultural sector is the cornerstone of development, especially in the industrial and technologically less developed countries, which in each case face a lack of mechanization or technological solutions aimed at increasing efficiency and productivity. Nevertheless, the world without agricultural products cannot be imagined, and as such, it really is not possible. Due to the great importance of agriculture for a high domestic product in our country, the Republic of Croatia has to make much more effort to give farmers the opportunity to encourage them and encourage them further in their struggle to achieve greater efficiency and productivity with the aim of increasing competitiveness both internally and the external market of agricultural products. Given the enormous importance of the agricultural sector for the Republic of Croatia and the fact that agriculture is one of the key branches of the Croatian economy, it does not seem sufficient to compete for agricultural products. Croatia's agriculture lags behind in competitiveness and development in relation to the planned and desired, throughout the period from 2010 to 2016 in relation to the European Union, but also to Germany. Also, unlike Germany, the agricultural sector of the Republic of Croatia recorded a negative trend or a negative rate of growth throughout the observed period. The negative rate over time has become smaller, but it is also evident that Croatian agriculture has not recorded growth throughout the years from 2010 to 2016.