diff --git a/plugins/cpp/model/include/model/cppfunction.h b/plugins/cpp/model/include/model/cppfunction.h
index 7eca88a29..b6e39395f 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp/model/include/model/cppfunction.h
+++ b/plugins/cpp/model/include/model/cppfunction.h
@@ -95,6 +95,29 @@ struct CppFunctionBumpyRoad
   unsigned int statementCount;
 };
 
+#pragma db view \
+  object(CppFunction) \
+  object(CppVariable = Parameters : CppFunction::parameters)
+struct CppFunctionParamTypeView
+{
+  #pragma db column(CppFunction::astNodeId)
+  CppAstNodeId astNodeId;
+
+  #pragma db column(Parameters::typeHash)
+  std::uint64_t paramTypeHash;
+};
+
+#pragma db view \
+  object(CppFunction) \
+  object(CppVariable = Locals : CppFunction::locals)
+struct CppFunctionLocalTypeView
+{
+#pragma db column(CppFunction::astNodeId)
+  CppAstNodeId astNodeId;
+
+#pragma db column(Locals::typeHash)
+  std::uint64_t paramTypeHash;
+};
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/cpp_metrics/model/include/model/cppastnodemetrics.h b/plugins/cpp_metrics/model/include/model/cppastnodemetrics.h
index 184b3b455..69e996451 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp_metrics/model/include/model/cppastnodemetrics.h
+++ b/plugins/cpp_metrics/model/include/model/cppastnodemetrics.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ struct CppAstNodeMetrics
     BUMPY_ROAD = 4,
     LACK_OF_COHESION = 5,
     LACK_OF_COHESION_HS = 6,
+    EFFERENT_TYPE = 7
   };
 
   #pragma db id auto
diff --git a/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/include/cppmetricsparser/cppmetricsparser.h b/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/include/cppmetricsparser/cppmetricsparser.h
index 0991b96ad..69f1f2b40 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/include/cppmetricsparser/cppmetricsparser.h
+++ b/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/include/cppmetricsparser/cppmetricsparser.h
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class CppMetricsParser : public AbstractParser
   // Calculate the lack of cohesion between member variables
   // and member functions for every type.
   void lackOfCohesion();
+  // Calculate the efferent coupling of types.
+  void efferentTypeLevel();
 
 
   /// @brief Constructs an ODB query that you can use to filter only
@@ -197,6 +199,7 @@ class CppMetricsParser : public AbstractParser
   static const int functionMcCabePartitionMultiplier = 5;
   static const int functionBumpyRoadPartitionMultiplier = 5;
   static const int lackOfCohesionPartitionMultiplier = 25;
+  static const int efferentCouplingTypesPartitionMultiplier = 5;
 };
   
 } // parser
diff --git a/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/src/cppmetricsparser.cpp b/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/src/cppmetricsparser.cpp
index a95501512..8fe839c64 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/src/cppmetricsparser.cpp
+++ b/plugins/cpp_metrics/parser/src/cppmetricsparser.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include <model/cppcohesionmetrics-odb.hxx>
 #include <model/cppfilemetrics.h>
 #include <model/cppfilemetrics-odb.hxx>
+#include <model/cppinheritance.h>
+#include <model/cppinheritance-odb.hxx>
 
 #include <model/cppastnode.h>
 #include <model/cppastnode-odb.hxx>
@@ -364,6 +366,68 @@ void CppMetricsParser::lackOfCohesion()
   });
 }
 
+void CppMetricsParser::efferentTypeLevel()
+{
+  parallelCalcMetric<model::CohesionCppRecordView>(
+    "Efferent coupling of types",
+    _threadCount * efferentCouplingTypesPartitionMultiplier,// number of jobs; adjust for granularity
+    getFilterPathsQuery<model::CohesionCppRecordView>(),
+    [&, this](const MetricsTasks<model::CohesionCppRecordView>& tasks)
+    {
+      util::OdbTransaction{_ctx.db}([&, this]
+      {
+        typedef odb::query<cc::model::CppMemberType> MemTypeQuery;
+        typedef odb::query<cc::model::CppInheritanceCount> InheritanceQuery;
+        typedef odb::query<cc::model::CppFunctionParamTypeView> ParamQuery;
+        typedef odb::query<cc::model::CppFunctionLocalTypeView> LocalQuery;
+        typedef odb::query<cc::model::CppFunction> FuncQuery;
+
+        std::set<std::uint64_t> dependentTypes;
+        for (const model::CohesionCppRecordView& type : tasks)
+        {
+          dependentTypes.clear();
+
+          // Count parent types
+          auto inheritanceView = _ctx.db->query<model::CppInheritanceCount>(
+            InheritanceQuery::derived == type.entityHash);
+
+          // Count unique attribute types
+          // and unique types in function parameters and local variables
+          for (const model::CppMemberType& mem: _ctx.db->query<model::CppMemberType>(
+            MemTypeQuery::typeHash == type.entityHash))
+          {
+            auto funcAstNodeId = mem.memberAstNode.load()->id;
+
+            if (mem.kind == cc::model::CppMemberType::Field)
+            {
+              dependentTypes.insert(mem.memberTypeHash);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+              for (const auto& param: _ctx.db->query<model::CppFunctionParamTypeView>(
+                FuncQuery::astNodeId == funcAstNodeId))
+              {
+                dependentTypes.insert(param.paramTypeHash);
+              }
+
+              for (const auto& local: _ctx.db->query<model::CppFunctionLocalTypeView>(
+                FuncQuery::astNodeId == funcAstNodeId))
+              {
+                dependentTypes.insert(local.paramTypeHash);
+              }
+            }
+          }
+
+          model::CppAstNodeMetrics metric;
+          metric.astNodeId = type.astNodeId;
+          metric.type = model::CppAstNodeMetrics::Type::EFFERENT_TYPE;
+          metric.value = inheritanceView.begin()->count + dependentTypes.size();
+          _ctx.db->persist(metric);
+        }
+      });
+  });
+}
+
 bool CppMetricsParser::parse()
 {
   LOG(info) << "[cppmetricsparser] Computing function parameter count metric.";
@@ -376,6 +440,8 @@ bool CppMetricsParser::parse()
   typeMcCabe();
   LOG(info) << "[cppmetricsparser] Computing Lack of Cohesion metric for types.";
   lackOfCohesion();
+  LOG(info) << "[cppmetricsparser] Computing efferent coupling metric for types.";
+  efferentTypeLevel();
   return true;
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/cxxmetrics.thrift b/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/cxxmetrics.thrift
index 6ab81d974..152063a48 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/cxxmetrics.thrift
+++ b/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/cxxmetrics.thrift
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ enum CppAstNodeMetricsType
   BumpyRoad = 4,
   LackOfCohesion = 5,
   LackOfCohesionHS = 6,
+  EfferentType = 7
 }
 
 enum CppModuleMetricsType
diff --git a/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/src/cppmetricsservice.cpp b/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/src/cppmetricsservice.cpp
index 0dd92371e..9e3b999b5 100644
--- a/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/src/cppmetricsservice.cpp
+++ b/plugins/cpp_metrics/service/src/cppmetricsservice.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ void CppMetricsServiceHandler::getCppAstNodeMetricsTypeNames(
   typeName.type = CppAstNodeMetricsType::LackOfCohesionHS;
   typeName.name = "Lack of cohesion of type (Henderson-Sellers variant)";
   _return.push_back(typeName);
+
+  typeName.type = CppAstNodeMetricsType::EfferentType;
+  typeName.name = "Efferent coupling of type";
+  _return.push_back(typeName);
 }
 
 void CppMetricsServiceHandler::getCppModuleMetricsTypeNames(
@@ -194,9 +198,8 @@ void CppMetricsServiceHandler::getCppAstNodeMetricsDetailedForPath(
         metric.astValue = node.astValue;
         metric.symbolType = cc::model::symbolTypeToString(node.symbolType);
         metric.astType = cc::model::astTypeToString(node.astType);
+        metric.metrics.insert(pair);
 
-        std::map<CppAstNodeMetricsType::type, double> metricsList;
-        metricsList.insert(pair);
         _return.insert(std::make_pair(std::to_string(node.astNodeId), metric));
       }
     }