Statement:
It is harder to do business in Ecuador than in South Africa

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Ecuador holds position #100 2020 out of 181 and South Africa is #64 out of 181 2020.
Position of Ecuador is worse than position of South Africa.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    Ecuador 'Score' value is 57.7
    South Africa 'Score' value is 67.0