How to plot two lists in descending order based on y values?

Question

I have two lists. The first is a list of strings a

[\'Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries/Veterinary Medicine\',
 \'Architectural and Town Planning\',
 \         


        

Answer 1

Is this what you are trying to do:

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import pandas as pd
%matplotlib inline

categories = ['Agriculture/Forestry/Fisheries/Veterinary Medicine',
 'Architectural and Town Planning',
 'Business Administration and Related']

values = [66667.0,22283.0,670091.5]

df = pd.DataFrame(columns=['category', 'value'])
df = df.append([{"category":a, "value":b} for a, b in zip(categories, values)])

df.sort_values('value', ascending=False)[['category','value']].plot.bar()