Statement:
It is harder to do business in Costa Rica than in Italy

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Costa Rica holds position #57 2020 out of 181 and Italy is #44 out of 181 2020.
Position of Costa Rica is worse than position of Italy.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    Costa Rica 'Score' value is 69.2
    Italy 'Score' value is 72.9