Close to 245 million travellers passed through Singapore’s checkpoints in 2025, surpassing the 230 million figure seen in the previous year, and the 217.3 million recorded in 2019 before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) on Feb 23 said around three in four travellers had entered the country through the land checkpoints.
The highest number recorded in a single day was on Dec 19 when close to 589,000 travellers made the journey into Singapore through its land checkpoints.
There was a 9.5% increase in vehicles cleared at the land checkpoints in 2025, with cars and motorcycles accounting for about 94% of the total vehicle volume.
ICA said the passport-less clearance initiatives it introduced have made immigration clearance “faster, and more efficient and seamless for travellers”.
It noted that about 127 million travellers cleared immigration without being required to present their passport in 2025.
“Following the full implementation of QR code clearance at the land checkpoints in January 2025 and the progressive roll-out of tokenless clearance at the air and sea checkpoints, clearance times have been reduced,” ICA said. — The Straits Times/ANN
