diff --git a/gnomad/utils/constraint.py b/gnomad/utils/constraint.py
index 172e44062..b605474d5 100644
--- a/gnomad/utils/constraint.py
+++ b/gnomad/utils/constraint.py
@@ -372,6 +372,48 @@ def _get_criteria(i: hl.expr.Int32Expression) -> hl.expr.Int32Expression:
     return hl.agg.array_sum(hl.map(_get_criteria, sorted_indices))
 
 
+def explode_downsamplings_oe(
+    ht: hl.Table,
+    downsampling_meta: Dict[str, List[str]],
+    metrics: List[str] = ["syn", "lof", "mis"],
+) -> hl.Table:
+    """
+    Explode observed and expected downsampling counts for each genetic ancestry group and metric.
+
+    The input `ht` must contain struct of downsampling information for genetic ancestry
+    groups under each metric name. For example: 'lof': struct {gen_anc_exp: struct
+    {global: array<float64>}.
+
+    :param ht: Input Table.
+    :param metrics: List of metrics to explode. Default is '['syn', 'lof', 'mis']'.
+    :param downsampling_meta: Dictionary containing downsampling metadata. Keys are the
+        genetic ancestry group names and values are the list of downsamplings for that
+        genetic ancestry group. Example: {'global': ['5000', '10000'], 'afr': ['5000',
+        '10000']}.
+    :return: Table with downsampling counts exploded so that observed and expected
+        metric counts for each pair of genetic ancestry groups and downsamplings is a
+        separate row.
+    """
+    ht = ht.select(
+        _data=[
+            hl.struct(
+                gen_anc=pop,
+                downsampling=downsampling,
+                **{
+                    f"{metric}.{oe}": ht[metric][f"gen_anc_{oe}"][pop][i]
+                    for oe in ["obs", "exp"]
+                    for metric in metrics
+                },
+            )
+            for pop, downsamplings in downsampling_meta.items()
+            for i, downsampling in enumerate(downsamplings)
+        ]
+    )
+    ht = ht.explode("_data")
+    ht = ht.transmute(**ht._data)
+    return ht
+
+
 def annotate_mutation_type(
     t: Union[hl.MatrixTable, hl.Table],
     context_length: Optional[int] = None,
@@ -1062,9 +1104,9 @@ def oe_aggregation_expr(
         - oe - observed:expected ratio of variants filtered to `filter_expr`.
 
         If `pops` is specified:
-            - pop_exp - Struct with the expected number of variants per population (for
+            - gen_anc_exp - Struct with the expected number of variants per population (for
               all pop in `pops`) filtered to `filter_expr`.
-            - pop_obs - Struct with the observed number of variants per population (for
+            - gen_anc_obs - Struct with the observed number of variants per population (for
               all pop in `pops`) filtered to `filter_expr`.
 
     .. note::
@@ -1100,10 +1142,10 @@ def oe_aggregation_expr(
     # Create aggregators that sum the number of observed variants
     # and expected variants for each population if pops is specified.
     if pops:
-        agg_expr["pop_exp"] = hl.struct(
+        agg_expr["gen_anc_exp"] = hl.struct(
             **{pop: hl.agg.array_sum(ht[f"expected_variants_{pop}"]) for pop in pops}
         )
-        agg_expr["pop_obs"] = hl.struct(
+        agg_expr["gen_anc_obs"] = hl.struct(
             **{pop: hl.agg.array_sum(ht[f"downsampling_counts_{pop}"]) for pop in pops}
         )