The theme of the work is Situation, challenges and perspectives of early school leaving in Croatia. In the center are less than 18 and 24 who have dropped out of secondary education and not included in other form of education or training. Risk factors are multiple and often their influence on the final decision to leave school can’t be clearly mark off. Some of these are individual, family, peer influence and characteristics of the school system. There are many individual consequences, as the most frequent states of social exclusion among young people who gave up. Unless the individual, there are social consequences which are reflected in the economic growth in countries. The European Commission emphasizes the importance of the problem of early school leaving. By 2020 this rate in all states should be less than 10%. The European Commission proposes a series of measures, and the adoption of the strategy at the national level. Malta is good example of country that operates at a national, regional and local level in order to reduce the drop-out problem. Compared with Malta, Croatia doesn’t work a lot on measures that could prevent the problem. Despite the low rate in activities, it is necessary to implement effective policies because of the complexity and consequences of the problem.