diff --git a/scrapy/extensions/logstats.py b/scrapy/extensions/logstats.py
index 78874a6dbd7..9f63e9c4bb6 100644
--- a/scrapy/extensions/logstats.py
+++ b/scrapy/extensions/logstats.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@
 
 
 class LogStats:
-    """Log basic scraping stats periodically"""
+    """Log basic scraping stats periodically like:
+    * RPM - Requests per Minute
+    * IPM - Items per Minute
+    """
 
     def __init__(self, stats, interval=60.0):
         self.stats = stats
@@ -35,24 +38,45 @@ def spider_opened(self, spider):
         self.task.start(self.interval)
 
     def log(self, spider):
-        items = self.stats.get_value("item_scraped_count", 0)
-        pages = self.stats.get_value("response_received_count", 0)
-        irate = (items - self.itemsprev) * self.multiplier
-        prate = (pages - self.pagesprev) * self.multiplier
-        self.pagesprev, self.itemsprev = pages, items
+        self.calculate_stats()
 
         msg = (
             "Crawled %(pages)d pages (at %(pagerate)d pages/min), "
             "scraped %(items)d items (at %(itemrate)d items/min)"
         )
         log_args = {
-            "pages": pages,
-            "pagerate": prate,
-            "items": items,
-            "itemrate": irate,
+            "pages": self.pages,
+            "pagerate": self.prate,
+            "items": self.items,
+            "itemrate": self.irate,
         }
         logger.info(msg, log_args, extra={"spider": spider})
 
+    def calculate_stats(self):
+        self.items = self.stats.get_value("item_scraped_count", 0)
+        self.pages = self.stats.get_value("response_received_count", 0)
+        self.irate = (self.items - self.itemsprev) * self.multiplier
+        self.prate = (self.pages - self.pagesprev) * self.multiplier
+        self.pagesprev, self.itemsprev = self.pages, self.items
+
     def spider_closed(self, spider, reason):
         if self.task and self.task.running:
             self.task.stop()
+
+        rpm_final, ipm_final = self.calculate_final_stats(spider)
+        self.stats.set_value("responses_per_minute", rpm_final)
+        self.stats.set_value("items_per_minute", ipm_final)
+
+    def calculate_final_stats(self, spider):
+        start_time = self.stats.get_value("start_time")
+        finished_time = self.stats.get_value("finished_time")
+
+        if not start_time or not finished_time:
+            return None, None
+
+        mins_elapsed = (finished_time - start_time).seconds / 60
+
+        items = self.stats.get_value("item_scraped_count", 0)
+        pages = self.stats.get_value("response_received_count", 0)
+
+        return (pages / mins_elapsed), (items / mins_elapsed)
diff --git a/tests/test_logstats.py b/tests/test_logstats.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d87285df785
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_logstats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import unittest
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from scrapy.extensions.logstats import LogStats
+from scrapy.utils.test import get_crawler
+from tests.spiders import SimpleSpider
+
+
+class TestLogStats(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.crawler = get_crawler(SimpleSpider)
+        self.spider = self.crawler._create_spider("spidey")
+        self.stats = self.crawler.stats
+
+        self.stats.set_value("response_received_count", 4802)
+        self.stats.set_value("item_scraped_count", 3201)
+
+    def test_stats_calculations(self):
+        logstats = LogStats.from_crawler(self.crawler)
+
+        with self.assertRaises(AttributeError):
+            logstats.pagesprev
+            logstats.itemsprev
+
+        logstats.spider_opened(self.spider)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.pagesprev, 4802)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.itemsprev, 3201)
+
+        logstats.calculate_stats()
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.items, 3201)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.pages, 4802)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.irate, 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.prate, 0.0)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.pagesprev, 4802)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.itemsprev, 3201)
+
+        # Simulate what happens after a minute
+        self.stats.set_value("response_received_count", 5187)
+        self.stats.set_value("item_scraped_count", 3492)
+        logstats.calculate_stats()
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.items, 3492)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.pages, 5187)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.irate, 291.0)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.prate, 385.0)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.pagesprev, 5187)
+        self.assertEqual(logstats.itemsprev, 3492)
+
+        # Simulate when spider closes after running for 30 mins
+        self.stats.set_value("start_time", datetime.fromtimestamp(1655100172))
+        self.stats.set_value("finished_time", datetime.fromtimestamp(1655101972))
+        logstats.spider_closed(self.spider, "test reason")
+        self.assertEqual(self.stats.get_value("responses_per_minute"), 172.9)
+        self.assertEqual(self.stats.get_value("items_per_minute"), 116.4)
+
+    def test_stats_calculations_no_time(self):
+        """The stat values should be None since the start and finish time are
+        not available.
+        """
+        logstats = LogStats.from_crawler(self.crawler)
+        logstats.spider_closed(self.spider, "test reason")
+        self.assertIsNone(self.stats.get_value("responses_per_minute"))
+        self.assertIsNone(self.stats.get_value("items_per_minute"))