Statement:
It is harder to do business in Portugal than in China

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Portugal holds position #28 2020 out of 181 and China is #24 out of 181 2020.
Position of Portugal is worse than position of China.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    China 'Score' value is 77.9
    Portugal 'Score' value is 76.5