Statement:
It is harder to do business in The USA than in New Zealand

In the Ease of Doing Business rating The USA holds position #4 2020 out of 181 and New Zealand is #1 out of 181 2020.
Position of The USA is worse than position of New Zealand.

Referencies:

  1. Ease of Doing Business 2020 by World Bank
    The countries in the rating sorted by 'Score' in descending order.
    New Zealand 'Score' value is 86.8
    The USA 'Score' value is 84.0