diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h
index ad1084f581..fdcbcf3958 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ class MetricData
   std::vector<PointDataAttributes> point_data_attr_;
 };
 
+// GTest uses `PrintTo` functions to print values.
+void PrintTo(const PointDataAttributes &point_data_attributes, std::ostream *os);
+
 }  // namespace metrics
 }  // namespace sdk
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/sdk/src/metrics/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/src/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a7b801b77..07eeda9370 100644
--- a/sdk/src/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/src/metrics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ add_library(
   aggregation/lastvalue_aggregation.cc
   aggregation/sum_aggregation.cc
   data/circular_buffer.cc
+  data/metric_data.cc
   exemplar/reservoir.cc
   view/instrument_selector_factory.cc
   view/meter_selector_factory.cc
diff --git a/sdk/src/metrics/data/metric_data.cc b/sdk/src/metrics/data/metric_data.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5e30a4e1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/metrics/data/metric_data.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+#include "opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/data/metric_data.h"
+#include <iostream>
+
+OPENTELEMETRY_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace sdk
+{
+namespace metrics
+{
+
+namespace
+{
+
+template <typename T>
+void PrintTo(T value, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << "\"" << std::to_string(value) << "\"";
+}
+
+void PrintTo(bool value, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << (value ? "true" : "false");
+}
+
+void PrintTo(const std::string &value, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << value;
+}
+
+template <typename T>
+void PrintTo(const std::vector<T> &list, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << "[";
+  size_t size = list.size();
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+  {
+    PrintTo(list[i], os);
+    if (i != size - 1)
+    {
+      *os << ", ";
+    }
+  }
+  *os << "]";
+}
+
+void PrintTo(const opentelemetry::sdk::common::OwnedAttributeValue &value, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  nostd::visit([&](const auto &value) { PrintTo(value, os); }, value);
+}
+
+void PrintTo(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::PointAttributes &point_attributes, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << "{";
+  for (const auto &pair : point_attributes)
+  {
+    *os << "{";
+    PrintTo(pair.first, os);
+    *os << ", ";
+    PrintTo(pair.second, os);
+    *os << "}";
+  }
+  *os << "}";
+}
+
+void PrintTo(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::ValueType &value, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  nostd::visit([&](const auto &value) { return PrintTo(value, os); }, value);
+}
+
+class PointTypeVisitor
+{
+public:
+  PointTypeVisitor(std::ostream *os) : os_(os) {}
+
+  void operator()(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::SumPointData &point)
+  {
+    *os_ << "{value = ";
+    PrintTo(point.value_, os_);
+    *os_ << "], is_monotonic = ";
+    PrintTo(point.is_monotonic_, os_);
+    *os_ << "}";
+  }
+
+  void operator()(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::LastValuePointData &point)
+  {
+    *os_ << "{value = ";
+    PrintTo(point.value_, os_);
+    *os_ << "], is_lastvalue_valid = ";
+    PrintTo(point.is_lastvalue_valid_, os_);
+    *os_ << ", sample_ts = ";
+    PrintTo(point.sample_ts_.time_since_epoch().count(), os_);
+    *os_ << "ns}";
+  }
+
+  void operator()(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::HistogramPointData &point)
+  {
+    *os_ << "{boundaries = ";
+    PrintTo(point.boundaries_, os_);
+    *os_ << "], sum = ";
+    PrintTo(point.sum_, os_);
+    *os_ << ", min = ";
+    PrintTo(point.min_, os_);
+    *os_ << ", max = ";
+    PrintTo(point.max_, os_);
+    *os_ << ", counts = ";
+    PrintTo(point.counts_, os_);
+    *os_ << ", count = " << point.count_ << ", record_min_max = ";
+    return PrintTo(point.record_min_max_, os_);
+  }
+
+  void operator()(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::DropPointData & /* point */)
+  {
+    *os_ << "<DropPointData>";
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::ostream *os_;
+};
+
+void PrintTo(const opentelemetry::sdk::metrics::PointType &point_type, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  nostd::visit(PointTypeVisitor(os), point_type);
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+
+void PrintTo(const PointDataAttributes &point_data_attributes, std::ostream *os)
+{
+  *os << "{attributes = ";
+  PrintTo(point_data_attributes.attributes, os);
+  *os << ", point_data = ";
+  PrintTo(point_data_attributes.point_data, os);
+  *os << "}";
+}
+
+}  // namespace metrics
+}  // namespace sdk
+OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE