diff --git a/packages/charts/api/charts.api.md b/packages/charts/api/charts.api.md
index 2e0fe49bd5..6c7de0386b 100644
--- a/packages/charts/api/charts.api.md
+++ b/packages/charts/api/charts.api.md
@@ -1709,6 +1709,8 @@ export type MetricWTrend = MetricBase & {
         x: number;
         y: number;
     }[];
+    trendA11yTitle?: string;
+    trendA11yDescription?: string;
 };
 
 // @public (undocumented)
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/_text.scss b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/_text.scss
index 8be9294633..849b6976b7 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/_text.scss
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/_text.scss
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
   padding: 8px;
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: 100%;
-  grid-template-rows: min-content min-content auto min-content min-content;
+  grid-template-rows: min-content auto min-content min-content;
   height: 100%;
+  z-index: 1;
   &__title {
     font-weight: 400;
     @include lineClamp(3);
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/index.tsx b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/index.tsx
index 06d3a4a987..9eab866e6a 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/index.tsx
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { MetricText } from './text';
 
 interface ReactiveChartStateProps {
   initialized: boolean;
+  chartId: string;
   size: {
     width: number;
     height: number;
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ class Component extends React.Component<Props> {
 
   render() {
     const {
+      chartId,
       initialized,
       size: { width, height },
       a11y,
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ class Component extends React.Component<Props> {
           .map((columns, ri) => {
             return [
               ...columns.map((d, ci) => {
+                const metricHTMLId = `echMetric-${chartId}-${ri}-${ci}`;
                 // fill undefined with empty panels
                 const emptyMetricClassName = classNames('echMetric', {
                   'echMetric--rightBorder': ci < maxColumns - 1,
@@ -115,11 +118,21 @@ class Component extends React.Component<Props> {
 
                 return (
                   <div
+                    role="figure"
+                    aria-labelledby={d.title && metricHTMLId}
                     key={`${d.title}${d.subtitle}${d.color}${ci}`}
                     className={metricPanelClassName}
                     style={{ backgroundColor: style.background }}
                   >
-                    {isMetricWTrend(d) && <SparkLine datum={d} curve="linear" />}
+                    <MetricText
+                      id={metricHTMLId}
+                      datum={d}
+                      panel={panel}
+                      style={style}
+                      progressBarMode={progressBarMode}
+                      progressBarOrientation={progressBarOrientation}
+                    />
+                    {isMetricWTrend(d) && <SparkLine id={metricHTMLId} datum={d} curve="linear" />}
                     {isMetricWProgress(d) && progressBarMode !== ProgressBarMode.None && (
                       <ProgressBar
                         mode={progressBarMode}
@@ -140,13 +153,6 @@ class Component extends React.Component<Props> {
                         }}
                       />
                     )}
-                    <MetricText
-                      datum={d}
-                      panel={panel}
-                      style={style}
-                      progressBarMode={progressBarMode}
-                      progressBarOrientation={progressBarOrientation}
-                    />
                   </div>
                 );
               }),
@@ -176,6 +182,7 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch: Dispatch): ReactiveChartDispatchProps =>
 
 const DEFAULT_PROPS: ReactiveChartStateProps = {
   initialized: false,
+  chartId: '',
   specs: [],
   size: {
     width: 0,
@@ -190,6 +197,7 @@ const mapStateToProps = (state: GlobalChartState): ReactiveChartStateProps => {
   }
   return {
     initialized: true,
+    chartId: state.chartId,
     specs: getMetricSpecs(state),
     size: chartSize(state),
     a11y: getA11ySettingsSelector(state),
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/progress.tsx b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/progress.tsx
index 782ebff081..9b061d2bfc 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/progress.tsx
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/progress.tsx
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@ import { MetricWProgress, MetricSpec, ProgressBarMode } from '../../specs';
 
 /** @internal */
 export const ProgressBar: React.FunctionComponent<{
-  datum: Pick<MetricWProgress, 'domain' | 'value' | 'color'>;
+  datum: Pick<MetricWProgress, 'title' | 'domain' | 'value' | 'color'>;
   mode: MetricSpec['progressBarMode'];
   orientation: MetricSpec['progressBarOrientation'];
   barBackground: Color;
-}> = ({ datum: { domain, value, color }, mode, orientation, barBackground }) => {
+}> = ({ datum: { title, domain, value, color }, mode, orientation, barBackground }) => {
   const isVertical = orientation === LayoutDirection.Vertical;
   const isSmall = mode === ProgressBarMode.Small;
-  const percent = clamp((domain ? value / (domain.max - domain.min) : 1) * 100, 0, 100);
+  const percent = Number(clamp((domain ? value / (domain.max - domain.min) : 1) * 100, 0, 100).toFixed(2));
 
   const bgClassName = classNames('echSingleMetricProgress', {
     'echSingleMetricProgress--vertical': isVertical,
@@ -37,7 +37,15 @@ export const ProgressBar: React.FunctionComponent<{
   const percentProp = isVertical ? { height: `${percent}%` } : { width: `${percent}%` };
   return (
     <div className={bgClassName} style={{ background: isSmall ? barBackground : undefined }}>
-      <div className={barClassName} style={{ background: color, ...percentProp }} />
+      <div
+        className={barClassName}
+        style={{ background: color, ...percentProp }}
+        role="meter"
+        aria-label={title ? `Percentage of ${title}` : 'Percentage'}
+        aria-valuemin={0}
+        aria-valuemax={100}
+        aria-valuenow={percent}
+      />
     </div>
   );
 };
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/sparkline.tsx b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/sparkline.tsx
index dd4219cc6b..6a8d9615cd 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/sparkline.tsx
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/sparkline.tsx
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ import { CurveType } from '../../../../utils/curves';
 import { MetricWTrend } from '../../specs';
 
 /** @internal */
-export const SparkLine: FunctionComponent<{ datum: MetricWTrend; curve: 'linear' | 'step' }> = ({
-  datum: { color, trend },
-  curve,
-}) => {
+export const SparkLine: FunctionComponent<{
+  id: string;
+  datum: MetricWTrend;
+  curve: 'linear' | 'step';
+}> = ({ id, datum: { color, trend, trendA11yTitle, trendA11yDescription }, curve }) => {
   if (!trend) {
     return null;
   }
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ export const SparkLine: FunctionComponent<{ datum: MetricWTrend; curve: 'linear'
 
   const [h, s, l] = colorToHsl(color);
   const pathColor = hslToColor(h, s, l >= 0.8 ? l - 0.1 : l + 0.1);
+  const titleId = `${id}-trend-title`;
+  const descriptionId = `${id}-trend-description`;
   return (
     <div className="echSingleMetricSparkline">
       <svg
@@ -46,7 +49,15 @@ export const SparkLine: FunctionComponent<{ datum: MetricWTrend; curve: 'linear'
         height="100%"
         viewBox="0 0 1 1"
         preserveAspectRatio="none"
+        role="img"
+        aria-labelledby={`${titleId} ${descriptionId}`}
       >
+        <title id={titleId} className="echScreenReaderOnly">
+          {trendA11yTitle}
+        </title>
+        <text id={descriptionId} className="echScreenReaderOnly">
+          {trendA11yDescription}
+        </text>
         <rect x={0} y={0} width={1} height={1} fill={color} />
         <path
           d={path.area(trend)}
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/text.tsx b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/text.tsx
index 410eb2cd6c..3d1f56bcb4 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/text.tsx
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/renderer/dom/text.tsx
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@ function findRange(ranges: [number, number, string][], value: number) {
 
 /** @internal */
 export const MetricText: React.FunctionComponent<{
+  id: string;
   datum: MetricBase | MetricWProgress | MetricWTrend;
   progressBarMode: MetricSpec['progressBarMode'];
   progressBarOrientation: MetricSpec['progressBarOrientation'];
   panel: Size;
   style: MetricStyle;
-}> = ({ datum, panel, progressBarMode, progressBarOrientation, style }) => {
+}> = ({ id, datum, panel, progressBarMode, progressBarOrientation, style }) => {
   const isVertical = progressBarOrientation === LayoutDirection.Vertical;
   const isSmall = progressBarMode === ProgressBarMode.Small;
   const { title, subtitle, extra, value } = datum;
@@ -78,8 +79,14 @@ export const MetricText: React.FunctionComponent<{
 
   return (
     <div className={containerClassName} style={{ color: highContrastTextColor }}>
-      <div>{title && <h2 className={titleClassName}>{title}</h2>}</div>
-      <div>{showSubtitle && subtitle && <h3 className={subtitleClassName}>{subtitle}</h3>}</div>
+      <div>
+        {title && (
+          <h2 id={id} className={titleClassName}>
+            {title}
+            {showSubtitle && subtitle && <span className={subtitleClassName}> {subtitle}</span>}
+          </h2>
+        )}
+      </div>
       <div className="echMetricText__gap"></div>
       <div>{extra && <h5 className="echMetricText__extra">{extra}</h5>}</div>
       <div>
diff --git a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/specs/index.ts b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/specs/index.ts
index 46b0ce9b0d..6940a1db17 100644
--- a/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/specs/index.ts
+++ b/packages/charts/src/chart_types/metric/specs/index.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ export type MetricWProgress = MetricBase & {
 /** @alpha */
 export type MetricWTrend = MetricBase & {
   trend: { x: number; y: number }[];
+  trendA11yTitle?: string;
+  trendA11yDescription?: string;
 };
 
 /** @alpha */
diff --git a/storybook/stories/metric/1_basic.story.tsx b/storybook/stories/metric/1_basic.story.tsx
index b915d5473c..473d355755 100644
--- a/storybook/stories/metric/1_basic.story.tsx
+++ b/storybook/stories/metric/1_basic.story.tsx
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ export const Example = () => {
       title: 'CPU Usage',
       subtitle: 'Overall percentage',
       trend: KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load[1].data.map(([x, y]) => ({ x, y })),
+      trendA11yTitle: 'Last hour CPU percentage trend',
+      trendA11yDescription:
+        'The trend shows the CPU Usage in percentage in the last hour. The trend shows a general flat behaviour with peaks every 10 minutes',
       valueFormatter: defaultValueFormatter,
     },
     {
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ export const Example = () => {
       title: 'Memory Usage',
       subtitle: 'Overall percentage',
       trend: KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_memory[1].data.map(([x, y]) => ({ x, y })),
+      trendA11yTitle: 'Last hour Memory usage trend',
+      trendA11yDescription:
+        'The trend shows the memory usage in the last hour. The trend shows a general flat behaviour across the entire time window',
       valueFormatter: (d) => `${d} %`,
     },
     {
@@ -57,6 +63,9 @@ export const Example = () => {
       title: 'Cloud Revenue',
       subtitle: 'Quarterly',
       trend: KIBANA_METRICS.metrics.kibana_os_load[1].data.map(([x, y]) => ({ x, y })),
+      trendA11yTitle: 'Last quarter, daily Cloud Revenue trend',
+      trendA11yDescription:
+        'The trend shows the daily Cloud revenue in the last quarter, showing peaks during weekends.',
       extra: (
         <span>
           This Year <b>10M</b>