But also, since the virus is growing exponentially, differences in countries is by 10-100x, while the differences in the number of tests performed seems to be closer to 2-10x.
Heck, it is tricky to remain anonymous even over the Tor Browser.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network)#Weak...
Edited to add: The daily statistic by population ratio is very spiky, and gets spikier the smaller the country is, which makes it hilariously useless. A rolling average would improve that a bit, but remember that some countries might be off with a factor of 2x or 3x when it comes to reported deaths, which is an insane level of uncertainty.
You can also make some indications if a country is doing unusually well or bad: If the ratio of cases/population or deaths/population were significantly different from most other countries, this would warrant a closer look.
Also, how did we get from reporting differences to "garbage data"? What kind of data would you classify as non-garbage?
I'm not arguing for looking more closely - on the contrary, I'm saying that the large-scale trends are meaningful - say, how growth rate or mortality/population develops over time.