Statement:
It is harder to do business in Timor-Leste than in Panama

In the Ease of Doing Business rating Timor-Leste holds position #143 2020 out of 181 and Panama is #66 out of 181 2020.
Position of Timor-Leste is worse than position of Panama.

Referencies:

  1. The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    Panama 'Score' value is 66.6
    Timor-Leste 'Score' value is 39.4