Python | Create a Pandas Dataframe from a dict of equal length lists

Given a dictionary of equal length lists, task is to create a Pandas DataFrame from it.

There are various ways of creating a DataFrame in Pandas. One way is to convert a dictionary containing lists of equal lengths as values. Let’s discuss how to create a Pandas Dataframe from a dict of equal length lists with help of examples.

Example #1: Given a dictionary which contains format of cricket as keys and list of top five teams as values.

# Import pandas package
import pandas as pd

# Define a dictionary containing ICC rankings
rankings = {'test': ['India', 'South Africa', 'England',
                            'New Zealand', 'Australia'],
              'odi': ['England', 'India', 'New Zealand',
                            'South Africa', 'Pakistan'],
               't20': ['Pakistan', 'India', 'Australia',
                              'England', 'New Zealand']}

# Convert the dictionary into DataFrame
rankings_pd = pd.DataFrame(rankings)

# Increment the index so that index
# starts at 1 (starts at 0 by default)
rankings_pd.index += 1

rankings_pd

Output:

Example #2: Given three lists test_batsmen, odi_batsmen, t20_batsmen. So we first need to convert this data into a dictionary and then convert the dictionary into DataFrame.

# Import pandas package
import pandas as pd

# Lists of top 5 batsmen for each format
test_batsmen = ['Virat Kohli', 'Steve Smith', 'Kane Williamson',
                                     'Joe Root', 'David Warner']
odi_batsmen = ['Virat Kohli', 'Rohit Sharma', 'Joe Root',
                            'David Warner', 'Babar Azam']
t20_batsmen = ['Babar Azam', 'Aaron Finch', 'Colin Munro',
                           'Lokesh Rahul', 'Fakhar Zaman']

# Define a dictionary containing ICC rankings for batsmen
rankings_batsmen = {'test': test_batsmen,
                      'odi': odi_batsmen,
                      't20': t20_batsmen}

# Convert the dictionary into DataFrame
rankings_batsmen_pd = pd.DataFrame(rankings_batsmen)

# Increment the index so that index
# starts at 1 (starts at 0 by default)
rankings_batsmen_pd.index += 1

rankings_batsmen_pd

Output: