By the comparison of the Finnish and the Croatian educational system, is endeavouring to recognize all possible deficiencies of the croatian educational system. Croatian educational system has got big chanels to progress and Finland is an example of the modern state and also it is the country with qualitative and successfull educational system which most of the European countries want to have. Most of the countries think that it is not possible to change seriously educational system for a short time and put it on a higher level, but Finland is the best evidence that it is possible, because in 1990-es, after big economical crisis Finland had an average educational system and they manage to build the system which belongs to the top of the European educational system. Croatia invests more and more funds from the state budget in education, and also takes many EU funds to enable students qualitative education. Today, it is trying to make some curricular reforms in Croatian schools and the priority aim is modernization of the educational programs, the teachers have to visit the programs of the additional perfection and education to meet themselves with the new ways of teaching and how better represent their knowledge to their students. Croatian educational system is developing and progressing but also is having big problems and one of them is fewer number of the students who attend elementary or high school.