Sort a python dictionary
fruits = { 'apple' : 12 , 'banana' : 9 , 'orange' : 15 , 'mango' : 5 , 'grape' : 20 } ## sort based on <value> fruits_lst = sorted (fruits.items() , key = lambda value : value[ 1 ] , reverse = True ) fruits = {} for key , value in fruits_lst: fruits[key] = value print (fruits) Output : {'grape': 20, 'orange': 15, 'apple': 12, 'banana': 9, 'mango': 5} ## sort based on <key> fruits_lst = sorted (fruits.items() , key = lambda key : key[ 0 ] , reverse = True ) fruits = {} for key , value in fruits_lst: fruits[key] = value print (fruits) {'orange': 15, 'mango': 5, 'grape': 20, 'banana': 9, 'apple': 12}