diff --git a/app/charts/line/lines-state.tsx b/app/charts/line/lines-state.tsx
index 2d8b2bf93..dfc1b0d03 100644
--- a/app/charts/line/lines-state.tsx
+++ b/app/charts/line/lines-state.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ import { DimensionMetadataFragment } from "@/graphql/query-hooks";
 import { getPalette } from "@/palettes";
 import { sortByIndex } from "@/utils/array";
 import { estimateTextWidth } from "@/utils/estimate-text-width";
-import { makeDimensionValueSorters } from "@/utils/sorting-values";
+import {
+  getSortingOrders,
+  makeDimensionValueSorters,
+} from "@/utils/sorting-values";
 
 export interface LinesState extends CommonChartState {
   chartType: "line";
@@ -221,7 +224,7 @@ const useLinesState = (
     return orderBy(
       uniqueSegments,
       sorters,
-      sorting?.sortingOrder === "desc" ? "desc" : "asc"
+      getSortingOrders(sorters, fields.segment?.sorting)
     );
   }, [
     segmentDimension,
diff --git a/app/utils/sorting-values.spec.ts b/app/utils/sorting-values.spec.ts
index 46b2877c0..af6c86dd8 100644
--- a/app/utils/sorting-values.spec.ts
+++ b/app/utils/sorting-values.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,49 @@
 import orderBy from "lodash/orderBy";
 
 import { SortingField } from "@/configurator";
-import { DimensionMetadataWithHierarchiesFragment } from "@/graphql/query-hooks";
-import { makeDimensionValueSorters } from "@/utils/sorting-values";
+import {
+  DimensionMetadataFragment,
+  DimensionMetadataWithHierarchiesFragment,
+} from "@/graphql/query-hooks";
+import {
+  getSortingOrders,
+  makeDimensionValueSorters,
+} from "@/utils/sorting-values";
 
 const dimension = {
+  values: [
+    {
+      value: "A",
+      label: "A",
+      position: 5,
+      identifier: "A",
+    },
+    {
+      value: "B",
+      label: "B",
+      position: 5,
+      identifier: "B",
+    },
+    {
+      value: "C",
+      label: "C",
+      position: 1,
+      identifier: "C",
+    },
+    {
+      value: "D",
+      label: "D",
+      position: 1,
+      identifier: "C",
+    },
+  ],
+} as unknown as DimensionMetadataFragment;
+
+const measure = {
+  __typename: "NumericalMeasure",
+} as unknown as DimensionMetadataFragment;
+
+const hierarchicalDimension = {
   hierarchy: [
     {
       label: "Switzerland",
@@ -71,10 +110,32 @@ describe("makeDimensionValueSorters", () => {
     sortingOrder: "asc",
   };
 
-  it("should correctly sort hierarchical dimensions byAuto", () => {
+  it("should correctly sort dimensions byAuto", () => {
     const values = dimension.values.map((d) => d.value);
     const sorters = makeDimensionValueSorters(dimension, { sorting });
-    expect(orderBy(values, sorters, ["asc"])).toEqual([
+    const sortingOrders = getSortingOrders(sorters, sorting);
+    expect(orderBy(values, sorters, sortingOrders)).toEqual([
+      "C",
+      "D",
+      "A",
+      "B",
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it("should correctly sort numerical measures byAuto", () => {
+    const values = [1, 10, 5, 100, 2];
+    const sorters = makeDimensionValueSorters(measure, { sorting });
+    const sortingOrders = getSortingOrders(sorters, sorting);
+    expect(orderBy(values, sorters, sortingOrders)).toEqual([1, 2, 5, 10, 100]);
+  });
+
+  it("should correctly sort hierarchical dimensions byAuto", () => {
+    const values = hierarchicalDimension.values.map((d) => d.value);
+    const sorters = makeDimensionValueSorters(hierarchicalDimension, {
+      sorting,
+    });
+    const sortingOrders = getSortingOrders(sorters, sorting);
+    expect(orderBy(values, sorters, sortingOrders)).toEqual([
       "CH",
       "CH-PROD-EAST",
       "CH-PROD-WEST",
diff --git a/app/utils/sorting-values.ts b/app/utils/sorting-values.ts
index acaf30b00..fc8e13207 100644
--- a/app/utils/sorting-values.ts
+++ b/app/utils/sorting-values.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ export const makeDimensionValueSorters = (
     dimensionFilter: undefined,
   }
 ): ((label: string) => string | undefined | number)[] => {
+  if (dimension?.__typename === "NumericalMeasure") {
+    return [(d) => +d];
+  }
+
   const {
     sorting,
     sumsBySegment,
@@ -75,17 +79,10 @@ export const makeDimensionValueSorters = (
     allHierarchyValues,
     (dv) => dv.value
   );
-  const valuesByValue = uniqueMapBy(
-    values.filter((x) => x.identifier || x.position),
-    (dv) => dv.value
-  );
-  // Index values that have an identifier or a position
+  const valuesByValue = uniqueMapBy(values, (dv) => dv.value);
   // Warning: if two values have the same label and have an identifier / position
   // there could be problems as we could select the "wrong" value for the order
-  const valuesByLabel = uniqueMapBy(
-    values.filter((x) => x.identifier || x.position),
-    (dv) => dv.label
-  );
+  const valuesByLabel = uniqueMapBy(values, (dv) => dv.label);
 
   const getByValueOrLabel = (valueOrLabel: string) => {
     return valuesByValue.get(valueOrLabel) ?? valuesByLabel.get(valueOrLabel);