Statement:
It is harder to do business in The Netherlands than in Japan

In the Ease of Doing Business rating The Netherlands holds position #31 2020 out of 181 and Japan is #23 out of 181 2020.
Position of The Netherlands is worse than position of Japan.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    Japan 'Score' value is 78.0
    The Netherlands 'Score' value is 76.1