# (== get a representation sorted by value)
>>> xs = {'a': 4, 'b': 3, 'c': 2, 'd': 1}
>>> sorted(xs.items(), key=lambda x: x[1])
[('d', 1), ('c', 2), ('b', 3), ('a', 4)]
# Or:
>>> import operator
>>> sorted(xs.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(1))
[('d', 1), ('c', 2), ('b', 3), ('a', 4)]
如果要变成dict形式，可以使用以下
import collections
sorted_dict = collections.OrderedDict(sorted_x)
参考来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/613183/how-do-i-sort-a-dictionary-by-value