diff --git a/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
index 2d666d139..cb09432dc 100644
--- a/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 mod iter;
+mod stats;
 
 use std::{cmp, collections::HashMap, convert::identity, error, fs, io, mem, path::Path, result};
 
@@ -271,6 +272,8 @@ pub struct Database {
 	block_opts: BlockBasedOptions,
 	// Dirty values added with `write_buffered`. Cleaned on `flush`.
 	overlay: RwLock<Vec<HashMap<DBKey, KeyState>>>,
+	#[ignore_malloc_size_of = "insignificant"]
+	stats: stats::RunningDbStats,
 	// Values currently being flushed. Cleared when `flush` completes.
 	flushing: RwLock<Vec<HashMap<DBKey, KeyState>>>,
 	// Prevents concurrent flushes.
@@ -403,6 +406,7 @@ impl Database {
 			read_opts,
 			write_opts,
 			block_opts,
+			stats: stats::RunningDbStats::new(),
 		})
 	}
 
@@ -428,20 +432,32 @@ impl Database {
 		match *self.db.read() {
 			Some(ref cfs) => {
 				let mut batch = WriteBatch::default();
+				let mut ops: usize = 0;
+				let mut bytes: usize = 0;
 				mem::swap(&mut *self.overlay.write(), &mut *self.flushing.write());
 				{
 					for (c, column) in self.flushing.read().iter().enumerate() {
+						ops += column.len();
 						for (key, state) in column.iter() {
 							let cf = cfs.cf(c);
 							match *state {
-								KeyState::Delete => batch.delete_cf(cf, key).map_err(other_io_err)?,
-								KeyState::Insert(ref value) => batch.put_cf(cf, key, value).map_err(other_io_err)?,
+								KeyState::Delete => {
+									bytes += key.len();
+									batch.delete_cf(cf, key).map_err(other_io_err)?
+								}
+								KeyState::Insert(ref value) => {
+									bytes += key.len() + value.len();
+									batch.put_cf(cf, key, value).map_err(other_io_err)?
+								}
 							};
 						}
 					}
 				}
 
 				check_for_corruption(&self.path, cfs.db.write_opt(batch, &self.write_opts))?;
+				self.stats.tally_transactions(1);
+				self.stats.tally_writes(ops as u64);
+				self.stats.tally_bytes_written(bytes as u64);
 
 				for column in self.flushing.write().iter_mut() {
 					column.clear();
@@ -474,6 +490,12 @@ impl Database {
 			Some(ref cfs) => {
 				let mut batch = WriteBatch::default();
 				let ops = tr.ops;
+
+				self.stats.tally_writes(ops.len() as u64);
+				self.stats.tally_transactions(1);
+
+				let mut stats_total_bytes = 0;
+
 				for op in ops {
 					// remove any buffered operation for this key
 					self.overlay.write()[op.col() as usize].remove(op.key());
@@ -481,10 +503,18 @@ impl Database {
 					let cf = cfs.cf(op.col() as usize);
 
 					match op {
-						DBOp::Insert { col: _, key, value } => batch.put_cf(cf, &key, &value).map_err(other_io_err)?,
-						DBOp::Delete { col: _, key } => batch.delete_cf(cf, &key).map_err(other_io_err)?,
+						DBOp::Insert { col: _, key, value } => {
+							stats_total_bytes += key.len() + value.len();
+							batch.put_cf(cf, &key, &value).map_err(other_io_err)?
+						}
+						DBOp::Delete { col: _, key } => {
+							// We count deletes as writes.
+							stats_total_bytes += key.len();
+							batch.delete_cf(cf, &key).map_err(other_io_err)?
+						}
 					};
 				}
+				self.stats.tally_bytes_written(stats_total_bytes as u64);
 
 				check_for_corruption(&self.path, cfs.db.write_opt(batch, &self.write_opts))
 			}
@@ -496,6 +526,7 @@ impl Database {
 	pub fn get(&self, col: u32, key: &[u8]) -> io::Result<Option<DBValue>> {
 		match *self.db.read() {
 			Some(ref cfs) => {
+				self.stats.tally_reads(1);
 				let overlay = &self.overlay.read()[col as usize];
 				match overlay.get(key) {
 					Some(&KeyState::Insert(ref value)) => Ok(Some(value.clone())),
@@ -505,11 +536,21 @@ impl Database {
 						match flushing.get(key) {
 							Some(&KeyState::Insert(ref value)) => Ok(Some(value.clone())),
 							Some(&KeyState::Delete) => Ok(None),
-							None => cfs
-								.db
-								.get_pinned_cf_opt(cfs.cf(col as usize), key, &self.read_opts)
-								.map(|r| r.map(|v| v.to_vec()))
-								.map_err(other_io_err),
+							None => {
+								let aquired_val = cfs
+									.db
+									.get_pinned_cf_opt(cfs.cf(col as usize), key, &self.read_opts)
+									.map(|r| r.map(|v| v.to_vec()))
+									.map_err(other_io_err);
+
+								match aquired_val {
+									Ok(Some(ref v)) => self.stats.tally_bytes_read((key.len() + v.len()) as u64),
+									Ok(None) => self.stats.tally_bytes_read(key.len() as u64),
+									_ => {}
+								};
+
+								aquired_val
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
@@ -704,6 +745,26 @@ impl KeyValueDB for Database {
 	fn restore(&self, new_db: &str) -> io::Result<()> {
 		Database::restore(self, new_db)
 	}
+
+	fn io_stats(&self, kind: kvdb::IoStatsKind) -> kvdb::IoStats {
+		let taken_stats = match kind {
+			kvdb::IoStatsKind::Overall => self.stats.overall(),
+			kvdb::IoStatsKind::SincePrevious => self.stats.since_previous(),
+		};
+
+		let mut stats = kvdb::IoStats::empty();
+
+		stats.reads = taken_stats.raw.reads;
+		stats.writes = taken_stats.raw.writes;
+		stats.transactions = taken_stats.raw.transactions;
+		stats.bytes_written = taken_stats.raw.bytes_written;
+		stats.bytes_read = taken_stats.raw.bytes_read;
+
+		stats.started = taken_stats.started;
+		stats.span = taken_stats.started.elapsed();
+
+		stats
+	}
 }
 
 impl Drop for Database {
@@ -916,6 +977,55 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(db.num_keys(0).unwrap(), 1, "adding a key increases the count");
 	}
 
+	#[test]
+	fn stats() {
+		use kvdb::IoStatsKind;
+
+		let tempdir = TempDir::new("").unwrap();
+		let config = DatabaseConfig::with_columns(3);
+		let db = Database::open(&config, tempdir.path().to_str().unwrap()).unwrap();
+
+		let key1 = b"kkk";
+		let mut batch = db.transaction();
+		batch.put(0, key1, key1);
+		batch.put(1, key1, key1);
+		batch.put(2, key1, key1);
+
+		for _ in 0..10 {
+			db.get(0, key1).unwrap();
+		}
+
+		db.write(batch).unwrap();
+
+		let io_stats = db.io_stats(IoStatsKind::SincePrevious);
+		assert_eq!(io_stats.transactions, 1);
+		assert_eq!(io_stats.writes, 3);
+		assert_eq!(io_stats.bytes_written, 18);
+		assert_eq!(io_stats.reads, 10);
+		assert_eq!(io_stats.bytes_read, 30);
+
+		let new_io_stats = db.io_stats(IoStatsKind::SincePrevious);
+		// Since we taken previous statistic period,
+		// this is expected to be totally empty.
+		assert_eq!(new_io_stats.transactions, 0);
+
+		// but the overall should be there
+		let new_io_stats = db.io_stats(IoStatsKind::Overall);
+		assert_eq!(new_io_stats.bytes_written, 18);
+
+		let mut batch = db.transaction();
+		batch.delete(0, key1);
+		batch.delete(1, key1);
+		batch.delete(2, key1);
+
+		// transaction is not commited yet
+		assert_eq!(db.io_stats(IoStatsKind::SincePrevious).writes, 0);
+
+		db.write(batch).unwrap();
+		// now it is, and delete is counted as write
+		assert_eq!(db.io_stats(IoStatsKind::SincePrevious).writes, 3);
+	}
+
 	#[test]
 	fn test_iter_by_prefix() {
 		let tempdir = TempDir::new("").unwrap();
diff --git a/kvdb-rocksdb/src/stats.rs b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..039dd3a88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kvdb-rocksdb/src/stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2020 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+use parking_lot::RwLock;
+use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicU64, Ordering as AtomicOrdering};
+use std::time::Instant;
+
+pub struct RawDbStats {
+	pub reads: u64,
+	pub writes: u64,
+	pub bytes_written: u64,
+	pub bytes_read: u64,
+	pub transactions: u64,
+}
+
+impl RawDbStats {
+	fn combine(&self, other: &RawDbStats) -> Self {
+		RawDbStats {
+			reads: self.reads + other.reads,
+			writes: self.writes + other.writes,
+			bytes_written: self.bytes_written + other.bytes_written,
+			bytes_read: self.bytes_read + other.bytes_written,
+			transactions: self.transactions + other.transactions,
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+struct OverallDbStats {
+	stats: RawDbStats,
+	last_taken: Instant,
+	started: Instant,
+}
+
+impl OverallDbStats {
+	fn new() -> Self {
+		OverallDbStats {
+			stats: RawDbStats { reads: 0, writes: 0, bytes_written: 0, bytes_read: 0, transactions: 0 },
+			last_taken: Instant::now(),
+			started: Instant::now(),
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+pub struct RunningDbStats {
+	reads: AtomicU64,
+	writes: AtomicU64,
+	bytes_written: AtomicU64,
+	bytes_read: AtomicU64,
+	transactions: AtomicU64,
+	overall: RwLock<OverallDbStats>,
+}
+
+pub struct TakenDbStats {
+	pub raw: RawDbStats,
+	pub started: Instant,
+}
+
+impl RunningDbStats {
+	pub fn new() -> Self {
+		Self {
+			reads: 0.into(),
+			bytes_read: 0.into(),
+			writes: 0.into(),
+			bytes_written: 0.into(),
+			transactions: 0.into(),
+			overall: OverallDbStats::new().into(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn tally_reads(&self, val: u64) {
+		self.reads.fetch_add(val, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+	}
+
+	pub fn tally_bytes_read(&self, val: u64) {
+		self.bytes_read.fetch_add(val, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+	}
+
+	pub fn tally_writes(&self, val: u64) {
+		self.writes.fetch_add(val, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+	}
+
+	pub fn tally_bytes_written(&self, val: u64) {
+		self.bytes_written.fetch_add(val, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+	}
+
+	pub fn tally_transactions(&self, val: u64) {
+		self.transactions.fetch_add(val, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed);
+	}
+
+	fn take_current(&self) -> RawDbStats {
+		RawDbStats {
+			reads: self.reads.swap(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			writes: self.writes.swap(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			bytes_written: self.bytes_written.swap(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			bytes_read: self.bytes_read.swap(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			transactions: self.transactions.swap(0, AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+		}
+	}
+
+	fn peek_current(&self) -> RawDbStats {
+		RawDbStats {
+			reads: self.reads.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			writes: self.writes.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			bytes_written: self.bytes_written.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			bytes_read: self.bytes_read.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+			transactions: self.transactions.load(AtomicOrdering::Relaxed),
+		}
+	}
+
+	pub fn since_previous(&self) -> TakenDbStats {
+		let mut overall_lock = self.overall.write();
+
+		let current = self.take_current();
+
+		overall_lock.stats = overall_lock.stats.combine(&current);
+
+		let stats = TakenDbStats { raw: current, started: overall_lock.last_taken };
+
+		overall_lock.last_taken = Instant::now();
+
+		stats
+	}
+
+	pub fn overall(&self) -> TakenDbStats {
+		let overall_lock = self.overall.read();
+
+		let current = self.peek_current();
+
+		TakenDbStats { raw: overall_lock.stats.combine(&current), started: overall_lock.started }
+	}
+}
diff --git a/kvdb/src/io_stats.rs b/kvdb/src/io_stats.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0de5ce36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kvdb/src/io_stats.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+// Copyright 2015-2019 Parity Technologies (UK) Ltd.
+// This file is part of Parity.
+
+// Parity is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+
+// Parity is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+//! Generic statistics for key-value databases
+
+/// Statistic kind to query.
+pub enum Kind {
+	/// Overall statistics since start.
+	Overall,
+	/// Statistics since previous query.
+	SincePrevious,
+}
+
+/// Statistic for the `span` period
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct IoStats {
+	/// Number of transaction.
+	pub transactions: u64,
+	/// Number of read operations.
+	pub reads: u64,
+	/// Number of reads resulted in a read from cache.
+	pub cache_reads: u64,
+	/// Number of write operations.
+	pub writes: u64,
+	/// Number of bytes read
+	pub bytes_read: u64,
+	/// Number of bytes read from cache
+	pub cache_read_bytes: u64,
+	/// Number of bytes write
+	pub bytes_written: u64,
+	/// Start of the statistic period.
+	pub started: std::time::Instant,
+	/// Total duration of the statistic period.
+	pub span: std::time::Duration,
+}
+
+impl IoStats {
+	/// Empty statistic report.
+	pub fn empty() -> Self {
+		Self {
+			transactions: 0,
+			reads: 0,
+			cache_reads: 0,
+			writes: 0,
+			bytes_read: 0,
+			cache_read_bytes: 0,
+			bytes_written: 0,
+			started: std::time::Instant::now(),
+			span: std::time::Duration::default(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	/// Average batch (transaction) size (writes per transaction)
+	pub fn avg_batch_size(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.writes == 0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+		self.transactions as f64 / self.writes as f64
+	}
+
+	/// Read operations per second.
+	pub fn reads_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.reads as f64 / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	pub fn byte_reads_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.bytes_read as f64 / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	/// Write operations per second.
+	pub fn writes_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.writes as f64 / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	pub fn byte_writes_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.bytes_written as f64 / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	/// Total number of operations per second.
+	pub fn ops_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		(self.writes as f64 + self.reads as f64) / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	/// Transactions per second.
+	pub fn transactions_per_sec(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.span.as_secs_f64() == 0.0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		(self.transactions as f64) / self.span.as_secs_f64()
+	}
+
+	pub fn avg_transaction_size(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.transactions == 0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.bytes_written as f64 / self.transactions as f64
+	}
+
+	pub fn cache_hit_ratio(&self) -> f64 {
+		if self.reads == 0 {
+			return 0.0;
+		}
+
+		self.cache_reads as f64 / self.reads as f64
+	}
+}
diff --git a/kvdb/src/lib.rs b/kvdb/src/lib.rs
index 708871982..2bcb1b39c 100644
--- a/kvdb/src/lib.rs
+++ b/kvdb/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 // You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 // along with Parity.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
-//! Key-Value store abstraction with `RocksDB` backend.
+//! Key-Value store abstraction.
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
 use smallvec::SmallVec;
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ use std::io;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+mod io_stats;
+
 /// Required length of prefixes.
 pub const PREFIX_LEN: usize = 12;
 
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@ pub type DBValue = Vec<u8>;
 /// Database keys.
 pub type DBKey = SmallVec<[u8; 32]>;
 
+pub use io_stats::{IoStats, Kind as IoStatsKind};
+
 /// Write transaction. Batches a sequence of put/delete operations for efficiency.
 #[derive(Default, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct DBTransaction {
@@ -143,6 +147,16 @@ pub trait KeyValueDB: Sync + Send + parity_util_mem::MallocSizeOf {
 
 	/// Attempt to replace this database with a new one located at the given path.
 	fn restore(&self, new_db: &str) -> io::Result<()>;
+
+	/// Query statistics.
+	///
+	/// Not all kvdb implementations are able or expected to implement this, so by
+	/// default, empty statistics is returned. Also, not all kvdb implementation
+	/// can return every statistic or configured to do so (some statistics gathering
+	/// may impede the performance and might be off by default).
+	fn io_stats(&self, _kind: IoStatsKind) -> IoStats {
+		IoStats::empty()
+	}
 }
 
 /// Generic key-value database handler. This trait contains one function `open`.