# gc/stats
Return a map of GC statistics for the current VM's heap.
## Syntax
[gc/stats]
## Examples
[gc/stats] # → %{ :cycles :total-marked :total-swept :total-bytes-freed # :peak-bytes :live-bytes :next_gc :last-marked # :last-swept :last-bytes-freed :audit-failures ... }
## Returns
Map of numeric fields, including `:cycles`, `:total-marked`, `:total-swept`, `:total-bytes-freed`, `:peak-bytes`, `:live-bytes`, `:next_gc`, `:transient-objects`, and `:in-transient`.
## See Also
`gc/collect`, `runtime/mem-stats`