diff --git a/packages/eui/src/components/pagination/pagination.stories.tsx b/packages/eui/src/components/pagination/pagination.stories.tsx
index 2fad2e25a1ee..46e78e81d2ce 100644
--- a/packages/eui/src/components/pagination/pagination.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/eui/src/components/pagination/pagination.stories.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  * Side Public License, v 1.
  */
 
+import React, { FunctionComponent, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
 import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react-vite';
 
 import { enableFunctionToggleControls } from '../../../.storybook/utils';
@@ -31,4 +32,28 @@ export const Playground: Story = {
     activePage: 5,
     pageCount: 10,
   },
+  render: (args) => <StatefulPagination {...args} />,
+};
+
+const StatefulPagination: FunctionComponent<EuiPaginationProps> = ({
+  activePage: _activePage,
+  onPageClick,
+  ...args
+}) => {
+  const [activePage, setActivePage] = useState(_activePage);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    setActivePage(_activePage);
+  }, [_activePage]);
+
+  return (
+    <EuiPagination
+      {...args}
+      activePage={activePage}
+      onPageClick={(page) => {
+        setActivePage(page);
+        onPageClick?.(page);
+      }}
+    />
+  );
 };
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/README.md b/packages/test-helpers/README.md
index 3e86431ea015..56f044016924 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/README.md
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ their own version at runtime.
 | `EuiAccordionObject` | [src/components/accordion/README.md](src/components/accordion/README.md) |
 | `EuiContextMenuObject` | [src/components/context_menu/README.md](src/components/context_menu/README.md) |
 | `EuiModalObject` | [src/components/modal/README.md](src/components/modal/README.md) |
+| `EuiPaginationObject` | [src/components/pagination/README.md](src/components/pagination/README.md) |
 | `EuiBasicTableObject` | [src/components/basic_table/README.md](src/components/basic_table/README.md) |
 | `EuiColorPickerObject` | [src/components/color_picker/README.md](src/components/color_picker/README.md) |
 | `EuiTreeViewObject` | [src/components/tree_view/README.md](src/components/tree_view/README.md) |
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/changelogs/upcoming/10214.md b/packages/test-helpers/changelogs/upcoming/10214.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3617b2d9af05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/changelogs/upcoming/10214.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Added `EuiPaginationObject` with `getActivePage()`, `getPageCount()`, `goToPage(index)`, `next()` and `previous()`
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/README.md b/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d5d80fb41999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# EuiPaginationObject
+
+Playwright Component Object for [EuiPagination](https://eui.elastic.co/docs/components/navigation/pagination/). Covers the numbered and the compressed variant.
+
+## Usage
+
+```ts
+import { EuiPaginationObject } from '@elastic/eui-test-helpers';
+
+const pagination = new EuiPaginationObject(page, 'myPagination');
+await pagination.goToPage(2);
+expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(2);
+```
+
+Set `data-test-subj` on `<EuiPagination>`. EUI spreads it onto the `<nav>`, which the component-type guard verifies. Page indexes are 0-based, matching EUI's `activePage` prop and the `pagination-button-<index>` test subjs.
+
+## API
+
+| Member | Description |
+|---|---|
+| `getActivePage()` | The 0-based index of the active page. |
+| `getPageCount()` | The total number of pages. |
+| `goToPage(index)` | Go to a page and wait for it to become active. Clicks the page button when rendered, otherwise steps through next or previous. No-op if already active, throws if out of range. |
+| `next()` | Click the next arrow and wait for the page to advance. |
+| `previous()` | Click the previous arrow and wait for the page to go back. |
+
+The numbered variant is read from the `aria-current="page"` button and the last page button. The compressed variant is read from its "page of total" text.
+
+## Deliberately excluded
+
+`pageCount={0}` (unknown total, "page X of collection") is not covered, `getPageCount` and `goToPage` have nothing to read there. The first and last arrows exist only in the compressed variant, `goToPage(0)` and `goToPage(count - 1)` cover the same need.
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/selectors.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/selectors.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db80052caf01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/components/pagination/selectors.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Stable selectors for
+ * {@link https://eui.elastic.co/docs/components/navigation/pagination/|EuiPagination}.
+ * `*_SELECTOR` values are CSS, `*_TEST_SUBJ` values are `data-test-subj` names EUI sets itself.
+ */
+export const EuiPaginationSelectors = {
+  /** The `<nav>` root carrying the consumer's `data-test-subj`. */
+  ROOT_SELECTOR: '.euiPagination',
+
+  /** A numbered page button. Not rendered in the compressed variant. */
+  PAGE_BUTTON_SELECTOR: '.euiPaginationButton',
+
+  /** The numbered page button of the active page. */
+  ACTIVE_PAGE_BUTTON_SELECTOR: '.euiPaginationButton[aria-current="page"]',
+
+  /** The "page of total" text of the compressed variant, with one `<span>` per number. */
+  COMPRESSED_TEXT_SELECTOR: '.euiPagination__compressedText',
+
+  /** Prefix of a page button's test subj, followed by the 0-based page index. */
+  PAGE_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ_PREFIX: 'pagination-button-',
+
+  FIRST_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ: 'pagination-button-first',
+  PREVIOUS_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ: 'pagination-button-previous',
+  NEXT_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ: 'pagination-button-next',
+  LAST_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ: 'pagination-button-last',
+};
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/index.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/index.ts
index f0e02e731186..8840ce2dce9d 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export { EuiFlyoutObject } from './playwright/components/flyout/object';
 export { EuiAccordionObject } from './playwright/components/accordion/object';
 export { EuiContextMenuObject } from './playwright/components/context_menu/object';
 export { EuiModalObject } from './playwright/components/modal/object';
+export { EuiPaginationObject } from './playwright/components/pagination/object';
 export { EuiBasicTableObject } from './playwright/components/basic_table/object';
 export { EuiColorPickerObject } from './playwright/components/color_picker/object';
 export { EuiTreeViewObject } from './playwright/components/tree_view/object';
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.props.spec.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.props.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34ed9ac232ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.props.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import { EuiPaginationObject } from './object';
+import { storyUrl } from '../../../storybook';
+
+/**
+ * Validates `EuiPaginationObject` against the compressed variant, which
+ * renders "page of total" text and arrows instead of numbered buttons.
+ */
+
+const TEST_SUBJ = 'testPagination';
+
+test.describe('EuiPaginationObject (compressed)', () => {
+  let pagination: EuiPaginationObject;
+
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(
+      storyUrl(
+        'navigation-euipagination-euipagination--playground',
+        `data-test-subj:${TEST_SUBJ};compressed:!true`
+      )
+    );
+    pagination = new EuiPaginationObject(page, TEST_SUBJ);
+    await pagination.locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+  });
+
+  test('reads the active page and page count from the text', async () => {
+    expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(5);
+    expect(await pagination.getPageCount()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  test('goToPage steps through the arrows', async () => {
+    await pagination.goToPage(8);
+
+    expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(8);
+  });
+
+  test('next and previous step one page at a time', async () => {
+    await pagination.next();
+    expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(6);
+
+    await pagination.previous();
+    expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(5);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.spec.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24ff62e2733a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import { EuiPaginationObject } from './object';
+import { storyUrl } from '../../../storybook';
+
+/**
+ * Validates `EuiPaginationObject` against the live component in EUI
+ * Storybook. The Playground story is stateful, starts on page index 5 of 10
+ * and renders the numbered variant.
+ */
+
+const TEST_SUBJ = 'testPagination';
+
+const PLAYGROUND_URL = storyUrl(
+  'navigation-euipagination-euipagination--playground',
+  `data-test-subj:${TEST_SUBJ}`
+);
+
+test.describe('EuiPaginationObject', () => {
+  let pagination: EuiPaginationObject;
+
+  test.beforeEach(async ({ page }) => {
+    await page.goto(PLAYGROUND_URL);
+    pagination = new EuiPaginationObject(page, TEST_SUBJ);
+    await pagination.locator.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+  });
+
+  test.describe('getActivePage', () => {
+    test('reads the 0-based active page', async () => {
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(5);
+    });
+  });
+
+  test.describe('getPageCount', () => {
+    test('reads the total page count', async () => {
+      expect(await pagination.getPageCount()).toBe(10);
+    });
+  });
+
+  test.describe('goToPage', () => {
+    test('clicks a rendered page button', async () => {
+      await pagination.goToPage(6);
+
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(6);
+    });
+
+    test('reaches a page whose button is not rendered', async () => {
+      await pagination.goToPage(0);
+      // From page 0 EUI renders pages 0 to 4 plus the last page, so page 7 has no button.
+      await pagination.goToPage(7);
+
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(7);
+    });
+
+    test('is a no-op on the active page', async () => {
+      await pagination.goToPage(5);
+
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(5);
+    });
+
+    test('rejects an index out of range', async () => {
+      await expect(pagination.goToPage(10)).rejects.toThrow(/out of range/);
+    });
+  });
+
+  test.describe('next and previous', () => {
+    test('step one page at a time', async () => {
+      await pagination.next();
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(6);
+
+      await pagination.previous();
+      expect(await pagination.getActivePage()).toBe(5);
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..ea5f5f0543f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/playwright/components/pagination/object.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License
+ * 2.0 and the Server Side Public License, v 1; you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with, at your election, the Elastic License 2.0 or the Server
+ * Side Public License, v 1.
+ */
+import { expect, type Locator } from '@playwright/test';
+
+import { BaseObject, type ObjectScope } from '../../base_object';
+import { EuiPaginationSelectors } from '../../../components/pagination/selectors';
+
+/**
+ * Playwright Component Object for {@link
+ * https://eui.elastic.co/docs/components/navigation/pagination/ EuiPagination}.
+ *
+ * `testSubj` must be set on `EuiPagination` itself, EUI spreads it onto the
+ * `<nav>`. Page indexes are 0-based, matching EUI's `activePage` and the
+ * `pagination-button-<index>` test subjs. Covers the numbered and the
+ * compressed variant.
+ */
+export class EuiPaginationObject extends BaseObject {
+  constructor(scope: ObjectScope, testSubj: string) {
+    super(scope, testSubj, EuiPaginationSelectors.ROOT_SELECTOR);
+  }
+
+  /** The 0-based index of the active page. */
+  async getActivePage(): Promise<number> {
+    if (await this.isCompressed()) {
+      const [page] = await this.compressedNumbers();
+      return page - 1;
+    }
+    const text = await this.root
+      .locator(EuiPaginationSelectors.ACTIVE_PAGE_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
+      .innerText();
+    return Number(text) - 1;
+  }
+
+  /** The total number of pages. */
+  async getPageCount(): Promise<number> {
+    if (await this.isCompressed()) {
+      const [, total] = await this.compressedNumbers();
+      return total;
+    }
+    // EUI always renders the last page's button, so its label is the count.
+    return Number(
+      await this.root
+        .locator(EuiPaginationSelectors.PAGE_BUTTON_SELECTOR)
+        .last()
+        .innerText()
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Go to the page at the 0-based `index` and wait for it to become active.
+   * Clicks the page button when EUI renders it, otherwise steps through
+   * next or previous until it does. A no-op if already active. Throws if
+   * `index` is not a page, or the page never becomes active.
+   */
+  async goToPage(index: number): Promise<void> {
+    const pageCount = await this.getPageCount();
+    if (!Number.isInteger(index) || index < 0 || index >= pageCount) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `EuiPagination "${this.testSubj}" has ${pageCount} pages, page index ${index} is out of range.`
+      );
+    }
+
+    for (let step = 0; step < pageCount; step++) {
+      const active = await this.getActivePage();
+      if (active === index) {
+        return;
+      }
+      const button = this.pageButton(index);
+      if ((await button.count()) > 0) {
+        await button.click();
+      } else if (index > active) {
+        await this.arrow(EuiPaginationSelectors.NEXT_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ).click();
+      } else {
+        await this.arrow(
+          EuiPaginationSelectors.PREVIOUS_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ
+        ).click();
+      }
+      await expect.poll(() => this.getActivePage()).not.toBe(active);
+    }
+
+    if ((await this.getActivePage()) !== index) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `EuiPagination "${this.testSubj}" did not reach page index ${index} after ${pageCount} steps.`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** Click the next arrow and wait for the active page to advance. */
+  async next(): Promise<void> {
+    const active = await this.getActivePage();
+    await this.arrow(EuiPaginationSelectors.NEXT_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ).click();
+    await expect.poll(() => this.getActivePage()).toBe(active + 1);
+  }
+
+  /** Click the previous arrow and wait for the active page to go back. */
+  async previous(): Promise<void> {
+    const active = await this.getActivePage();
+    await this.arrow(EuiPaginationSelectors.PREVIOUS_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ).click();
+    await expect.poll(() => this.getActivePage()).toBe(active - 1);
+  }
+
+  private pageButton(index: number): Locator {
+    return this.root.getByTestId(
+      `${EuiPaginationSelectors.PAGE_BUTTON_TEST_SUBJ_PREFIX}${index}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  private arrow(testSubj: string): Locator {
+    return this.root.getByTestId(testSubj);
+  }
+
+  private async isCompressed(): Promise<boolean> {
+    // count() does not wait, so make sure the nav has rendered first.
+    await this.root.waitFor({ state: 'visible' });
+    return (
+      (await this.root
+        .locator(EuiPaginationSelectors.COMPRESSED_TEXT_SELECTOR)
+        .count()) > 0
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The compressed "page of total" numbers as [page, total]. Translations may
+   * order the two the other way round, and the page is never above the total,
+   * so the smaller one is the page.
+   */
+  private async compressedNumbers(): Promise<[number, number]> {
+    const texts = await this.root
+      .locator(EuiPaginationSelectors.COMPRESSED_TEXT_SELECTOR)
+      .locator('span')
+      .allInnerTexts();
+    const numbers = texts.map(Number);
+    return [Math.min(...numbers), Math.max(...numbers)];
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/test-helpers/src/selectors.ts b/packages/test-helpers/src/selectors.ts
index 061af6582c3e..0ca1392897eb 100644
--- a/packages/test-helpers/src/selectors.ts
+++ b/packages/test-helpers/src/selectors.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import { EuiDraggableSelectors } from './components/drag_and_drop/selectors';
 import { EuiFilterButtonSelectors } from './components/filter_button/selectors';
 import { EuiFlyoutSelectors } from './components/flyout/selectors';
 import { EuiModalSelectors } from './components/modal/selectors';
+import { EuiPaginationSelectors } from './components/pagination/selectors';
 import { EuiPopoverSelectors } from './components/popover/selectors';
 import { EuiRangeSelectors } from './components/form/range/selectors';
 import { EuiSelectableSelectors } from './components/selectable/selectors';
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export const selectors = {
   filterButton: EuiFilterButtonSelectors,
   flyout: EuiFlyoutSelectors,
   modal: EuiModalSelectors,
+  pagination: EuiPaginationSelectors,
   popover: EuiPopoverSelectors,
   range: EuiRangeSelectors,
   selectable: EuiSelectableSelectors,