diff --git a/src/uu/vmstat/src/parser.rs b/src/uu/vmstat/src/parser.rs
index 6cff6ea0..831023e3 100644
--- a/src/uu/vmstat/src/parser.rs
+++ b/src/uu/vmstat/src/parser.rs
@@ -61,6 +61,30 @@ impl ProcData {
         let idle_time = parts.next().unwrap().parse::<f64>().unwrap();
         (uptime, idle_time)
     }
+
+    pub fn get_one<T>(table: &HashMap<String, String>, name: &str) -> T
+    where
+        T: Default + std::str::FromStr,
+    {
+        table
+            .get(name)
+            .and_then(|v| v.parse().ok())
+            .unwrap_or_default()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub struct CpuLoadRaw {
+    pub user: u64,
+    pub nice: u64,
+    pub system: u64,
+    pub idle: u64,
+    pub io_wait: u64,
+    pub hardware_interrupt: u64,
+    pub software_interrupt: u64,
+    pub steal_time: u64,
+    pub guest: u64,
+    pub guest_nice: u64,
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
@@ -78,7 +102,7 @@ pub struct CpuLoad {
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-impl CpuLoad {
+impl CpuLoadRaw {
     pub fn current() -> Self {
         let file = std::fs::File::open(std::path::Path::new("/proc/stat")).unwrap(); // do not use `parse_proc_file` here because only one line is used
         let content = std::io::read_to_string(file).unwrap();
@@ -93,37 +117,64 @@ impl CpuLoad {
 
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Self {
         let load = s.split(' ').filter(|s| !s.is_empty()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        let user = load[0].parse::<f64>().unwrap();
-        let nice = load[1].parse::<f64>().unwrap();
-        let system = load[2].parse::<f64>().unwrap();
-        let idle = load[3].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.5.41
-        let io_wait = load[4].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.5.41
-        let hardware_interrupt = load[5].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.0
-        let software_interrupt = load[6].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.0
-        let steal_time = load[7].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.11
-        let guest = load[8].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.24
-        let guest_nice = load[9].parse::<f64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.33
-        let total = user
-            + nice
-            + system
-            + idle
-            + io_wait
-            + hardware_interrupt
-            + software_interrupt
-            + steal_time
-            + guest
-            + guest_nice;
+        let user = load[0].parse::<u64>().unwrap();
+        let nice = load[1].parse::<u64>().unwrap();
+        let system = load[2].parse::<u64>().unwrap();
+        let idle = load[3].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.5.41
+        let io_wait = load[4].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.5.41
+        let hardware_interrupt = load[5].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.0
+        let software_interrupt = load[6].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.0
+        let steal_time = load[7].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.11
+        let guest = load[8].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.24
+        let guest_nice = load[9].parse::<u64>().unwrap_or_default(); // since 2.6.33
+
+        Self {
+            user,
+            system,
+            nice,
+            idle,
+            io_wait,
+            hardware_interrupt,
+            software_interrupt,
+            steal_time,
+            guest,
+            guest_nice,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+impl CpuLoad {
+    pub fn current() -> Self {
+        Self::from_raw(CpuLoadRaw::current())
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_proc_map(proc_map: &HashMap<String, String>) -> Self {
+        Self::from_raw(CpuLoadRaw::from_proc_map(proc_map))
+    }
+
+    pub fn from_raw(raw_data: CpuLoadRaw) -> Self {
+        let total = (raw_data.user
+            + raw_data.nice
+            + raw_data.system
+            + raw_data.idle
+            + raw_data.io_wait
+            + raw_data.hardware_interrupt
+            + raw_data.software_interrupt
+            + raw_data.steal_time
+            + raw_data.guest
+            + raw_data.guest_nice) as f64;
         Self {
-            user: user / total * 100.0,
-            system: system / total * 100.0,
-            nice: nice / total * 100.0,
-            idle: idle / total * 100.0,
-            io_wait: io_wait / total * 100.0,
-            hardware_interrupt: hardware_interrupt / total * 100.0,
-            software_interrupt: software_interrupt / total * 100.0,
-            steal_time: steal_time / total * 100.0,
-            guest: guest / total * 100.0,
-            guest_nice: guest_nice / total * 100.0,
+            user: raw_data.user as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            system: raw_data.system as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            nice: raw_data.nice as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            idle: raw_data.idle as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            io_wait: raw_data.io_wait as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            hardware_interrupt: raw_data.hardware_interrupt as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            software_interrupt: raw_data.software_interrupt as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            steal_time: raw_data.steal_time as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            guest: raw_data.guest as f64 / total * 100.0,
+            guest_nice: raw_data.guest_nice as f64 / total * 100.0,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/uu/vmstat/src/picker.rs b/src/uu/vmstat/src/picker.rs
index 5e5362b9..e2b4026a 100644
--- a/src/uu/vmstat/src/picker.rs
+++ b/src/uu/vmstat/src/picker.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 // file that was distributed with this source code.
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-use crate::{CpuLoad, Meminfo, ProcData};
+use crate::{CpuLoad, CpuLoadRaw, Meminfo, ProcData};
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 use clap::ArgMatches;
 
@@ -76,6 +76,133 @@ pub fn get_pickers(matches: &ArgMatches) -> Vec<Picker> {
     pickers
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+pub fn get_stats() -> Vec<(String, u64)> {
+    let proc_data = ProcData::new();
+    let memory_info = Meminfo::from_proc_map(&proc_data.meminfo);
+    let cpu_load = CpuLoadRaw::from_proc_map(&proc_data.stat);
+
+    vec![
+        (
+            "K total memory".to_string(),
+            memory_info.mem_total.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K used memory".to_string(),
+            (memory_info.mem_total - memory_info.mem_available).0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K active memory".to_string(),
+            memory_info.active.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K inactive memory".to_string(),
+            memory_info.inactive.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K free memory".to_string(),
+            memory_info.mem_free.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K buffer memory".to_string(),
+            memory_info.buffers.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K swap cache".to_string(),
+            memory_info.cached.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K total swap".to_string(),
+            memory_info.swap_total.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K used swap".to_string(),
+            (memory_info.swap_total - memory_info.swap_free).0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "K free swap".to_string(),
+            memory_info.swap_free.0 / bytesize::KB,
+        ),
+        (
+            "non-nice user cpu ticks".to_string(),
+            cpu_load.user - cpu_load.nice,
+        ),
+        ("nice user cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.nice),
+        ("system cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.system),
+        ("idle cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.idle),
+        ("IO-wait cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.io_wait),
+        ("IRQ cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.hardware_interrupt),
+        ("softirq cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.software_interrupt),
+        ("stolen cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.steal_time),
+        ("non-nice guest cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.guest),
+        ("nice guest cpu ticks".to_string(), cpu_load.guest_nice),
+        (
+            "K paged in".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgpgin"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "K paged out".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgpgout"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages swapped in".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pswpin"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages swapped out".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pswpout"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages alloc in dma".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgalloc_dma"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages alloc in dma32".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgalloc_dma32"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages alloc in high".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgalloc_high"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages alloc in movable".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgalloc_movable"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages alloc in normal".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgalloc_normal"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "pages free".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.vmstat, "pgfree"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "interrupts".to_string(),
+            proc_data
+                .stat
+                .get("intr")
+                .unwrap()
+                .split_whitespace()
+                .next()
+                .unwrap()
+                .parse::<u64>()
+                .unwrap(),
+        ),
+        (
+            "CPU context switches".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.stat, "ctxt"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "boot time".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.stat, "btime"),
+        ),
+        (
+            "forks".to_string(),
+            ProcData::get_one(&proc_data.stat, "processes"),
+        ),
+    ]
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn with_unit(x: u64, arg: &ArgMatches) -> u64 {
     if let Some(unit) = arg.get_one::<String>("unit") {
diff --git a/src/uu/vmstat/src/vmstat.rs b/src/uu/vmstat/src/vmstat.rs
index 8b943f0b..38619a79 100644
--- a/src/uu/vmstat/src/vmstat.rs
+++ b/src/uu/vmstat/src/vmstat.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ mod parser;
 mod picker;
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
-use crate::picker::{get_pickers, Picker};
+use crate::picker::{get_pickers, get_stats, Picker};
 use clap::value_parser;
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 use clap::{arg, crate_version, ArgMatches, Command};
@@ -26,14 +26,8 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     let matches = uu_app().try_get_matches_from(args)?;
     #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
     {
-        // validate unit
-        if let Some(unit) = matches.get_one::<String>("unit") {
-            if !["k", "K", "m", "M"].contains(&unit.as_str()) {
-                Err(USimpleError::new(
-                    1,
-                    "-S requires k, K, m or M (default is KiB)",
-                ))?;
-            }
+        if matches.get_flag("stats") {
+            return print_stats();
         }
 
         let one_header = matches.get_flag("one-header");
@@ -46,6 +40,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
             return print_slabs(one_header, term_height);
         }
 
+        // validate unit
+        if let Some(unit) = matches.get_one::<String>("unit") {
+            if !["k", "K", "m", "M"].contains(&unit.as_str()) {
+                Err(USimpleError::new(
+                    1,
+                    "-S requires k, K, m or M (default is KiB)",
+                ))?;
+            }
+        }
+
         let delay = matches.get_one::<u64>("delay");
         let count = matches.get_one::<u64>("count");
         let mut count = count.copied().map(|c| if c == 0 { 1 } else { c });
@@ -79,6 +83,16 @@ pub fn uumain(args: impl uucore::Args) -> UResult<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn print_stats() -> UResult<()> {
+    let data = get_stats();
+
+    data.iter()
+        .for_each(|(name, value)| println!("{value:>13} {name}"));
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 #[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
 fn print_slabs(one_header: bool, term_height: u16) -> UResult<()> {
     let mut slab_data = uu_slabtop::SlabInfo::new()?.data;
@@ -166,7 +180,7 @@ pub fn uu_app() -> Command {
             // arg!(-f --forks "switch displays the number of forks since boot"),
             arg!(-m --slabs "Display slabinfo"),
             arg!(-n --"one-header" "Display the header only once rather than periodically"),
-            // arg!(-s --stats "Displays a table of various event counters and memory statistics"),
+            arg!(-s --stats "Displays a table of various event counters and memory statistics"),
             // arg!(-d --disk "Report disk statistics"),
             // arg!(-D --"disk-sum" "Report some summary statistics about disk activity"),
             // arg!(-p --partition <device> "Detailed statistics about partition"),
diff --git a/tests/by-util/test_vmstat.rs b/tests/by-util/test_vmstat.rs
index a37a790d..b48c2408 100644
--- a/tests/by-util/test_vmstat.rs
+++ b/tests/by-util/test_vmstat.rs
@@ -81,3 +81,9 @@ fn test_timestamp() {
         .unwrap()
         .contains("timestamp"));
 }
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(target_os = "linux")]
+fn test_stats() {
+    new_ucmd!().arg("-s").succeeds();
+}