diff --git a/apps/studio/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.tsx b/apps/studio/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.tsx
index 31463e0adc6..ae0a84b78f7 100644
--- a/apps/studio/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.tsx
+++ b/apps/studio/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.tsx
@@ -31,11 +31,23 @@ export const isFloat = (num: number) => String(num).includes('.')
  * @example
  * precisionFormatter(123, 2)       // "123.00"
  * precisionFormatter(123.123, 2)   // "123.12"
+ * precisionFormatter(0.00123, 2)   // "<0.01"
+ * precisionFormatter(-0.00123, 2)  // ">-0.01"
  */
 export const precisionFormatter = (num: number, precision: number): string => {
   if (precision === 0) {
     return String(Math.round(num))
   }
+
+  // Handle small numbers that would display as 0.00
+  const threshold = 1 / Math.pow(10, precision)
+  if (num > 0 && num < threshold) {
+    return `<${threshold.toFixed(precision)}`
+  }
+  if (num < 0 && num > -threshold) {
+    return `>-${threshold.toFixed(precision)}`
+  }
+
   if (isFloat(num)) {
     const [head, tail] = String(num).split('.')
     return Number(head).toLocaleString() + '.' + tail.slice(0, precision)
diff --git a/apps/studio/tests/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.test.ts b/apps/studio/tests/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.test.ts
index f0f246586bb..c4b9c0344c5 100644
--- a/apps/studio/tests/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.test.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/tests/components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils.test.ts
@@ -5,23 +5,86 @@ import {
   precisionFormatter,
   useStacked,
 } from 'components/ui/Charts/Charts.utils'
-import { test, expect } from 'vitest'
+import { describe, expect, it, test } from 'vitest'
 
 test('isFloat', () => {
   expect(isFloat(123)).toBe(false)
   expect(isFloat(123.123)).toBe(true)
 })
-test('numberFormatter', () => {
-  expect(numberFormatter(123)).toBe('123')
-  expect(numberFormatter(123.123)).toBe('123.12')
-  expect(numberFormatter(123456.78)).toBe('123,456.78')
+
+describe('numberFormatter', () => {
+  it('should format integers without decimals', () => {
+    expect(numberFormatter(123)).toBe('123')
+    expect(numberFormatter(1000)).toBe('1,000')
+  })
+
+  it('should format floats with default precision', () => {
+    expect(numberFormatter(123.123)).toBe('123.12')
+    expect(numberFormatter(123.456)).toBe('123.45')
+    expect(numberFormatter(123.999)).toBe('123.99')
+    expect(numberFormatter(123456.78)).toBe('123,456.78')
+  })
+
+  it('should show "<0.01" for small positive floats', () => {
+    expect(numberFormatter(0.00123)).toBe('<0.01')
+    expect(numberFormatter(0.005)).toBe('<0.01')
+  })
+
+  it('should show ">-0.01" for small negative floats', () => {
+    expect(numberFormatter(-0.00123)).toBe('>-0.01')
+    expect(numberFormatter(-0.005)).toBe('>-0.01')
+  })
+
+  it('should respect custom precision', () => {
+    expect(numberFormatter(0.0001, 3)).toBe('<0.001')
+    expect(numberFormatter(123.456789, 4)).toBe('123.4567')
+  })
 })
 
-test('precisionFormatter', () => {
-  expect(precisionFormatter(123, 1)).toBe('123.0')
-  expect(precisionFormatter(123.12345, 4)).toBe('123.1234')
-  expect(precisionFormatter(123456, 2)).toBe('123,456.00')
-  expect(precisionFormatter(123456.78, 2)).toBe('123,456.78')
+describe('precisionFormatter', () => {
+  it('should format regular numbers with precision', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123, 1)).toBe('123.0')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123, 2)).toBe('123.00')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123.123, 2)).toBe('123.12')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123.999, 2)).toBe('123.99')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123.12345, 4)).toBe('123.1234')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123456, 2)).toBe('123,456.00')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123456.78, 2)).toBe('123,456.78')
+  })
+
+  it('should show "<0.01" for small positive numbers below threshold', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.00123, 2)).toBe('<0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.005, 2)).toBe('<0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.009, 2)).toBe('<0.01')
+  })
+
+  it('should show ">-0.01" for small negative numbers below threshold', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.00123, 2)).toBe('>-0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.005, 2)).toBe('>-0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.009, 2)).toBe('>-0.01')
+  })
+
+  it('should format numbers at or above threshold normally', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.01, 2)).toBe('0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.02, 2)).toBe('0.02')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.01, 2)).toBe('-0.01')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.02, 2)).toBe('-0.02')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle different precision values', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.0001, 3)).toBe('<0.001')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.001, 3)).toBe('0.001')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(-0.0001, 3)).toBe('>-0.001')
+  })
+
+  it('should handle precision 0', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(123.456, 0)).toBe('123')
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0.5, 0)).toBe('1')
+  })
+
+  it('should format exactly zero normally', () => {
+    expect(precisionFormatter(0, 2)).toBe('0.00')
+  })
 })
 
 test('useStacked', () => {
@@ -30,7 +93,7 @@ test('useStacked', () => {
       data: [
         { label: 'a', x: 1, y: 2 },
         { label: 'b', x: 1, y: 3 },
-      ] as any,
+      ] as unknown as Array<Record<string, number>>,
       xAxisKey: 'x',
       yAxisKey: 'y',
       stackKey: 'label',