Statement:
It is harder to do business in Venezuela than in United Arab Emirates

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Venezuela holds position #149 2020 out of 181 and United Arab Emirates is #12 out of 181 2020.
Position of Venezuela is worse than position of United Arab Emirates.

Referencies:

  1. Ease of Doing Business 2020 by World Bank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    United Arab Emirates 'Score' value is 80.9
    Venezuela 'Score' value is 30.2