diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_throughput_chart.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_throughput_chart.tsx
index 058c7d97b43cc..7472eb780f119 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_throughput_chart.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/public/components/app/service_overview/service_overview_throughput_chart.tsx
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import {
 const INITIAL_STATE = {
   currentPeriod: [],
   previousPeriod: [],
-  throughputUnit: 'minute' as const,
 };
 
 export function ServiceOverviewThroughputChart({
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/backends/get_throughput_charts_for_backend.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/backends/get_throughput_charts_for_backend.ts
index 1fbdd1c680c58..5a7e06683f25a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/backends/get_throughput_charts_for_backend.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/backends/get_throughput_charts_for_backend.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import { ProcessorEvent } from '../../../common/processor_event';
 import { Setup } from '../helpers/setup_request';
 import { getOffsetInMs } from '../../../common/utils/get_offset_in_ms';
 import { getBucketSize } from '../helpers/get_bucket_size';
-import { calculateThroughputWithInterval } from '../helpers/calculate_throughput';
 
 export async function getThroughputChartsForBackend({
   backendName,
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ export async function getThroughputChartsForBackend({
     offset,
   });
 
-  const { intervalString, bucketSize } = getBucketSize({
+  const { intervalString } = getBucketSize({
     start: startWithOffset,
     end: endWithOffset,
     minBucketSize: 60,
@@ -73,9 +72,10 @@ export async function getThroughputChartsForBackend({
             extended_bounds: { min: startWithOffset, max: endWithOffset },
           },
           aggs: {
-            spanDestinationLatencySum: {
-              sum: {
+            throughput: {
+              rate: {
                 field: SPAN_DESTINATION_SERVICE_RESPONSE_TIME_COUNT,
+                unit: 'minute',
               },
             },
           },
@@ -88,10 +88,7 @@ export async function getThroughputChartsForBackend({
     response.aggregations?.timeseries.buckets.map((bucket) => {
       return {
         x: bucket.key + offsetInMs,
-        y: calculateThroughputWithInterval({
-          bucketSize,
-          value: bucket.spanDestinationLatencySum.value || 0,
-        }),
+        y: bucket.throughput.value,
       };
     }) ?? []
   );
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/observability_overview/get_transactions_per_minute.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/observability_overview/get_transactions_per_minute.ts
index 829afa8330164..de4d6dec4e1fe 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/observability_overview/get_transactions_per_minute.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/observability_overview/get_transactions_per_minute.ts
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ import {
   getDocumentTypeFilterForTransactions,
   getProcessorEventForTransactions,
 } from '../helpers/transactions';
-import {
-  calculateThroughputWithInterval,
-  calculateThroughputWithRange,
-} from '../helpers/calculate_throughput';
+import { calculateThroughputWithRange } from '../helpers/calculate_throughput';
 
 export async function getTransactionsPerMinute({
   setup,
@@ -70,6 +67,9 @@ export async function getTransactionsPerMinute({
                   fixed_interval: intervalString,
                   min_doc_count: 0,
                 },
+                aggs: {
+                  throughput: { rate: { unit: 'minute' as const } },
+                },
               },
             },
           },
@@ -98,10 +98,7 @@ export async function getTransactionsPerMinute({
     timeseries:
       topTransactionTypeBucket?.timeseries.buckets.map((bucket) => ({
         x: bucket.key,
-        y: calculateThroughputWithInterval({
-          bucketSize,
-          value: bucket.doc_count,
-        }),
+        y: bucket.throughput.value,
       })) || [],
   };
 }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/services/get_throughput.ts b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/services/get_throughput.ts
index e31e9dd3b8c9f..8225bff289008 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/services/get_throughput.ts
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/apm/server/lib/services/get_throughput.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * 2.0.
  */
 
+import { AggregationsDateInterval } from '@elastic/elasticsearch/lib/api/types';
 import { ESFilter } from '../../../../../../src/core/types/elasticsearch';
 import {
   SERVICE_NAME,
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import {
   getProcessorEventForTransactions,
 } from '../helpers/transactions';
 import { Setup } from '../helpers/setup_request';
-import { calculateThroughputWithInterval } from '../helpers/calculate_throughput';
 
 interface Options {
   environment: string;
@@ -81,6 +81,11 @@ export async function getThroughput({
             min_doc_count: 0,
             extended_bounds: { min: start, max: end },
           },
+          aggs: {
+            throughput: {
+              rate: { unit: 'minute' as AggregationsDateInterval },
+            },
+          },
         },
       },
     },
@@ -95,10 +100,7 @@ export async function getThroughput({
     response.aggregations?.timeseries.buckets.map((bucket) => {
       return {
         x: bucket.key,
-        y: calculateThroughputWithInterval({
-          bucketSize,
-          value: bucket.doc_count,
-        }),
+        y: bucket.throughput.value,
       };
     }) ?? []
   );