Find min year and min value

Hi there,

I am trying to find in a table with different variables, countries
and years the

lowest year

and within that year the

lowest value

The following SELECT works, but I wonder if it is "elegant". Can you
recommend any other solution?

SELECT
MIN(value) AS minv
FROM
public_one_table.data
WHERE
year =
(
SELECT
MIN(year) AS min_year
FROM
public_one_table.data
WHERE
id_variable = 1
) AND
id_variable = 1

Thanks for any help!

Stef