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

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Portugal holds position #28 2020 out of 181 and United Arab Emirates is #12 out of 181 2020.
Position of Portugal 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.
    Portugal 'Score' value is 76.5
    United Arab Emirates 'Score' value is 80.9