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# pandas.Series.idxmin

Series.idxmin(axis=0, skipna=True, *args, **kwargs)

  Return the row label of the minimum value.

  If multiple values equal the minimum, the first row label with that value is returned.

  Parameters:
    axis{0 or ‘index’}

      Unused. Parameter needed for compatibility with DataFrame.

    skipnabool, default True

      Exclude NA/null values. If the entire Series is NA, the result will be NA.

    *args, **kwargs

      Additional arguments and keywords have no effect but might be accepted for compatibility with NumPy.

  Returns:
    Index

      Label of the minimum value.

  Raises:
    ValueError

      If the Series is empty.

  See also

  `numpy.argmin`

    Return indices of the minimum values along the given axis.

  `DataFrame.idxmin`

    Return index of first occurrence of minimum over requested axis.

  `Series.idxmax`

    Return index label of the first occurrence of maximum of values.

  Notes

  This method is the Series version of `ndarray.argmin`. This method returns the label of the minimum, while `ndarray.argmin` returns the position. To get the position, use `series.values.argmin()`.

  Examples

      >>> s = pd.Series(data=[1, None, 4, 1],
      ...               index=['A', 'B', 'C', 'D'])
      >>> s
      A    1.0
      B    NaN
      C    4.0
      D    1.0
      dtype: float64

      >>> s.idxmin()
      'A'

  If skipna is False and there is an NA value in the data, the function returns `nan`.

      >>> s.idxmin(skipna=False)
      nan