diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Transforms/Passes.td
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@
     information on `Symbols`.
   }];
   let constructor = "mlir::createSymbolDCEPass()";
+
+  let statistics = [
+    Statistic<"numDCE", "num-dce'd", "Number of symbols DCE'd">,
+  ];
 }
 
 def SymbolPrivatize : Pass<"symbol-privatize"> {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp b/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/SymbolDCE.cpp
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@
       return;
     for (auto &block : nestedSymbolTable->getRegion(0)) {
       for (Operation &op : llvm::make_early_inc_range(block)) {
-        if (isa<SymbolOpInterface>(&op) && !liveSymbols.count(&op))
+        if (isa<SymbolOpInterface>(&op) && !liveSymbols.count(&op)) {
           op.erase();
+          ++numDCE;
+        }
       }
     }
   });