The group of least developed countries, as defined by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003, comprises 48 countries, of which 34 are in Africa, 13 in Asia Pacific, and 1 in Latin America and the Caribbean. The group includes Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, and Zambia. Botswana graduated to developing country status in 1995, Cape Verde in 2007, the Maldives in 2011, and Samoa in 2014. Angola, Equatorial Guinea, and Vanuatu are among the candidates for promotion.