diff --git a/state/metrics.go b/state/metrics.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1667668a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/state/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2024 The VeChainThor developers
+//
+// Distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 software license, see the accompanying
+// file LICENSE or <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.html>
+
+package state
+
+import "github.com/vechain/thor/v2/metrics"
+
+var metricAccountChanges = metrics.LazyLoadCounter("account_state_changes_count")
diff --git a/state/state.go b/state/state.go
index 5312e297c..119546d3e 100644
--- a/state/state.go
+++ b/state/state.go
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ func (s *State) Stage(newVer trie.Version) (*Stage, error) {
 					return err
 				}
 			}
+			// Just once for the account trie.
+			metricAccountChanges().Add(int64(len(changes)))
 			return nil
 		},
 	}, nil