diff --git a/.chloggen/enhancement_len_error_diagnostics.yaml b/.chloggen/enhancement_len_error_diagnostics.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..029a29b254bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/enhancement_len_error_diagnostics.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+change_type: "enhancement"
+
+component: "pkg/ottl"
+
+note: "Improve unsupported type error diagnostics in the Len() OTTL function by including the runtime type in error messages."
+
+issues: [46476]
+
+change_logs: ["user"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_len.go b/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_len.go
index e9c7c912aebb0..fed1868d78b23 100644
--- a/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_len.go
+++ b/pkg/ottl/ottlfuncs/func_len.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package ottlfuncs // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-c
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/pdata/pcommon"
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func computeLen[K any](target ottl.Getter[K]) ottl.ExprFunc[K] {
 			case pcommon.ValueTypeMap:
 				return int64(valType.Map().Len()), nil
 			}
-			return nil, errors.New(typeError)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Len: unsupported target type %T. %s", val, typeError)
 		case pcommon.Map:
 			return int64(valType.Len()), nil
 		case pcommon.Slice:
@@ -105,6 +106,6 @@ func computeLen[K any](target ottl.Getter[K]) ottl.ExprFunc[K] {
 			return int64(v.Len()), nil
 		}
 
-		return nil, errors.New(typeError)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Len: unsupported target type %T. %s", val, typeError)
 	}
 }