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* {{flaglist|Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant}} – Several were captured from the [[Syrian Arab Army|Syrian army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2017/08/armour-in-islamic-state-story-of.html?m=1|title=Armour in the Islamic State – The Story of 'The Workshop'|website=oryxspioenkop.com|date=31 August 2017|access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
* {{MKD}} – 30 T-72A and 1 T-72AK delivered from Ukraine in 1999.<ref>{{cite news |author=Taras Kuzio |date=2001-10-31 |title=UKRAINE FORGES MILITARY ALLIANCE WITH MACEDONIA |url=https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220222447/https://jamestown.org/program/ukraine-forges-military-alliance-with-macedonia/ |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=2017-04-17 |newspaper=Jamestown |publisher=The Jamestown Foundation}}</ref> 8 tanks were donated to Ukraine in June 2022.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}}
* {{ROM}} – 31 T-72Ms were bought from the USSR, and received between 1978 and 1979.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Opriș|first1=Petre |title=Achiziționarea de tehnică militară și muniții sovietice pentru Armata Română 1976 1979|url=https://amnr.defense.ro/webroot/fileslib/upload/files/Revista_Document/Revista_090_2020.pdf|year=2020|magazine=Buletinul Arhivelor Militare Române|number=90/2020|issn=1454-0924|page=93}}</ref> Withdrawn from service (in long-term storage), 28 tanks are for sale (23 of them need repairs and five are operational).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kH6TAWUst5EC&q=romanian+army+t-72+quantity&pg=PA141|title=The Diffusion of Military Technology and Ideas|isbn =978-0-8047-4535-2|last1=Goldman|first1=Emily O.|last2=Eliason|first2 =Leslie C.|year =2003|publisher=Stanford University Press }}</ref>
[[File:Romanian T-72M tank.jpg|thumb|right|Ex-Romanian T-72M.]] * {{flag|Sierra Leone}} – In 1994 Sierra Leone acquired two T-72s from Poland via Ukraine (the vehicles were previously in Polish service). Another unspecified number of ex-Polish tanks was delivered to Sierra Leone in 1997 also via Ukraine (these vehicles also previously served with Poland).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Holtom |first1=Paul |title=United Nations Arms Embargoes Their Impact on Arms Flows and Target Behaviour Case study: Sierra Leone, 1997–present |url=https://www.sipri.org/sites/default/files/files/misc/UNAE/SIPRI07UNAESLe.pdf |publisher=SIPRI |date=2007}}</ref>
* {{flag|Ba'athist Syria}} – 1991 – 650<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 29, 2020 |title=The Idlib Turkey Shoot: The Destruction and Capture of Vehicles and Equipment by Turkish and Rebel Forces |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2020/02/the-idlib-turkey-shoot-destruction-and.html |website=Oryx}}</ref> T-72A, T-72AV, T-72AVS, T-72S, T-72M, T-72M1, T-72M1M, T-72M1S, T-72B obr. 1989, T-72B3, [[T-72 Adra]] (a domestically improved version of the T-72M1 featuring [[slat armor|slat]] and [[Spaced armour|spaced]] [[Vehicle armour|armor]], with later versions also including the [[Sarab Active Protection System|"Sarab" active protection system]].)<ref>{{cite web |date=28 January 2016 |title=Танки Т-72 с динамической защитой "Контакт-5" впервые заметили в Сирии |url=http://www.rg.ru/2016/01/28/tank-site-anons.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130044759/http://rg.ru/2016/01/28/tank-site-anons.html |archive-date=30 January 2016 |access-date=30 January 2016 |work=Russian Weapons}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://defenceforumindia.com/threads/syrias-steel-beasts-the-t-72.65976/|title=Syria's Steel Beasts: The T-72}}</ref> and T-72 Shafrah{{sfn|The Military Balance 2023|page=355}}
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